Contarini

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Contarini was an illustrious Venetian family, which furnished eight Doges to the Republic, as well as an array of men eminent in the Church, statecraft, generalship, art, and letters, such as:

  • Jacopo Contarini (1194-1280), Doge of Venice
  • Gasparo Contarini, cardinal and diplomat
  • Giovanni Contarini, painter of the Venetian School
  • Giovanni Matteo Contarini
  • Giacomo Contarini, Venetian mathematician
  • Salvatore Contarini, Sicilian writer and diplomat
  • Alvise Contarini (1601 – 1684), Doge of Venice
  • Ambrose Contarini

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.


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