 On 12 August 875, Louis II of Italy died and his kingdom was claimed by Louis the German for his sons Carloman and Charles and by Charles the Bald.Pope John VIII, dealing with the constant threat of raiders from Muslim Sicily, sided with Charles the Bald.Carloman led an army into Italy, where he granted a diploma to the monastery of San Clemente a Casauria, one of Louis II's most favoured houses.