HOUSE OF 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