Maffeo Vallaresso
Maffeo Vallaresso or Valaresso (1415–1494) was a Venetian patrician, Renaissance humanist and prelate who served as the archbishop of Zadar (Zara) from 1450 until his death. A doctor in canon law and a collector of Greek and Latin manuscripts, he tried unsuccessfully on at least four occasions to be transferred to a more prestigious see. Early life Vallaresso was born in the ''confino'' (district) of in Venice in 1415. He was the eldest son of the patrician Giorgio di Vittore (died 1466) of the and Maddalena di Giovanni of the Loredan family. Through the influence of his uncle, , archbishop of Crete, he received a canonry in the cathedral of Treviso with a prebend worth 40 florins and the right of administration ''in absentia'' when he was only ten years old in 1425. In 1432, he took up residence in Treviso and received minor orders. Vallaresso received a humanistic education, initially at the Scuola di Rialto under Paolo della Pergola. He also studied under Guarino V ...
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