Desiderius, the last Lombard king, endeavoured to recover Ravenna.
The Obligatory Civil Marriage Bill, the State Registries Bill and the Religion of Children of Mixed Marriages Bill, were finally adopted on the 21st of June 1894, after fierce debates and a ministerial interregnum of ten days (June 10-20); but on the 25th of December, Wekerle, who no longer possessed the king's confidence,' resigned a second time, and was succeeded by Baron Dersb (Desiderius) Banffy.
He became abbe of St Vincent on the Volturno "in the time of Desiderius, king of the Lombards."
In 1511 he removed to Basel, where he became intimate with Desiderius Erasmus, and took an active share in the publishing enterprises of Joannes Froben.
The peace with the Lombards, in which the Bavarians as allies of Desiderius joined, was, however, soon broken.