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    1625 Gasparo Contarini, Ambassador to the Dutch Republic in 1608 Alvise Contarini, Ambassador to Pope Paul V in 1613 Francesco Contarini (1556–1624),...
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    Gasparo Contarini (16 October 1483 – 24 August 1542) was an Italian diplomat, cardinal, and Bishop of Belluno. He advocated for dialogue with Protestants...
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    Surian (1504–1508) Alvise Contarini (1508) Antonio Contarini (1508–1524) Girolamo Quirino (1524–1554) Pietro Francesco Contarini [de] (1554–1555) Vincenzo...
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    Domenico Contarini (Birthdate unknown, died 1071 in Venice) was the 30th Doge of Venice. His reign lasted from his election in 1043 following the death...
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  • with Venice losing Crete 1674 – Nicolò Sagredo is elected Doge 1676 – Alvise Contarini is elected Doge 1683 – Marcantonio Giustinian is elected Doge 1684...
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    were attributed to Alvise dal Treviso (copy), Marco Zanchi, and Bartolommeo Litterini. The ceiling is painted by Giovanni Contarini with biblical subjects...
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  • Constantinople, 1454 Treaty of Constantinople, 1479 Treaty of Contarini, Alvise (Diplomat) Contarini, Francesco Corfu Cornaro (Corner) family Cornaro, Andrea...
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    The papal nuncio in Cologne, Fabio Chigi, and the Venetian envoy, Alvise Contarini, acted as mediators. Various Imperial States of the Holy Roman Empire...
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    Loredan (1489–1557) and Elisabetta Contarini also had daughters. Alvise Loredan (d. 1502) was a military general. Alvise Loredan (1533–1560) was assassinated...
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    the oldest festival in Venice. It was commemorated by the Doge and the bishop of Olivolo going past the Lido and blessing the waters, invoking good fortune...
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    Antonio Surian (patriarch) (category 16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops)
    2 February 1508, and he was consecrated bishop in the same church a week later by Francesco Quirini, bishop of Durrës. On 30 April 1507 Antonio Surian...
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    Duchy was in turmoil as a result of growing tensions between pro-Lombard bishop of Aquileia and the pro-Byzantine leaders of Grado. In the latter half of...
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    Cornaro (1538–1577 Resigned) Francesco Cornaro (iuniore) (1577–1595 Resigned) Alvise Molino (1595–1604) Francesco Giustiniani (1605–1623 Resigned) Vincenzo Giustiniani...
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  • Pesaro, Doge (1658–1659) Domenico II Contarini, Doge (1659–1674) Nicolò Sagredo, Doge (1674–1676) Alvise Contarini, Doge (1676–1683) Marcantonio Giustinian...
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    in Portogruaro on 20–22 May 1697. Bishop Alvise Gabrieli (1761–1779) held a diocesan synod on 1–3 June 1767. Bishop Domenico Pio Rossi, O.P. (1881–1892)...
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  • to question the mayor Alvise Baffo about the behavior of his son Lorenzo, Francesco Bon, Andrea Corner, Francesco Canal, Alvise Lombardo and Bartolomeo...
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    fortress by arresting the Venetian bailo (ambassador) in Constantinople, Alvise Contarini. War was momentarily averted and the matter settled by diplomacy; however...
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    Loredan (1489-1557) and Elisabetta Contarini also had daughters. Alvise Loredan (d. 1502) was a military general. Alvise Loredan (1533-1560) was assassinated...
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    been a daughter of Domenico Loredan. Interestingly, near the Palazzo Contarini-Sceriman and the nearby bridge, Leonardo Loredan (d. 1675) was found dead...
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    including a law forbidding the election of a son of a Doge. Doge Domenico Contarini (1043–1071) had a relatively uneventful reign, healing the rift between...
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    Alvise, doge from 1676 to 1684, and Francesco, doge from 1623 to 1624. Both busts are the work of Antonio Gai. Alvise Contarini Francesco Contarini La...
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    attack from the Umayyads. In 723, Pope Gregory II sent a letter to the bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Venice and Istria in which he reprimanded...
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    appointed his elder brother (Pietro's second son), Orso Orseolo, already Bishop of Torcello, to the vacant patriarchate. Otto then filled the vacant Torcello...
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    death, in 1027, Orseolo was officially recognized as a blessed by the local bishop. Orseolo is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church, his cultus having...
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  • anti-Otto faction, he gave privileges to the bishop of Belluno, whose seat was in Oderzo, and allowed the bishop of Padua, whose territory bordered that of...
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    the politics and the history of the state, include those such as the Contarini, Cornaro, Dandolo, Giustiniani, Loredan, Mocenigo, Arellano, Morosini...
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    Dionisio Laurerio (category 16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops)
    process of reform of the Roman Curia, appointed a commission of cardinals (Contarini, Carafa, Simonetta and Ghinucci) to hold discussions and produce a plan...
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  • Doge Pietro IV Candiano (930 - 976) Domenigo Candiano Vitale Candiano, Bishop of Torcello, Doge of Venice (-979) Stefano Candiano Elena Candiano. Lane...
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    re-elaboration of a project by Giulio Romano) c. 1546: Villa Contarini degli Scrigni, for Paolo Contarini and brothers, Piazzola sul Brenta, Province of Padua...
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    On 4 June a new duke and captain were elected for Thessalonica, Paolo Contarini and Andrea Donato, after the first three pairs chosen all declined the...
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