The Barbarigo were a patrician, noble Venetian family, whose members had an important role in the history of the

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History

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The family originated from the Istrian area (according to the tradition, their ancestral place was

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, near

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). Also according to the family legend, in 880 AD one Arrigo won a battle against Saracen pirates and returned victoriously home with the beards ("barba" in Italian) of the defeated enemies, thus originating the family name - Barbarigo - and the coat of arms, representing six beards. The Barbarigo were among the most influential Venetian families and have generated bishops, cardinals and patriarchs, including

Gregorio Barbarigo Gregorio Giovanni Gaspare Barbarigo (16 September 1625 – 18 June 1697) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal who served as the Bishop of Bergamo and later as the Bishop of Padua. He was a frontrunner in both the 1689 and 1691 papal co ...

, who was born in the

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in 1625. The Barbarigo founded in 955 the first church of Santa Maria del Giglio, known as Santa Maria Zobenigo at the time. The family remained part of the Venetian patricians after the Serrata del Maggior Consiglio in 1297. Gentile Bellini 006

Two members of the family became

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. The first, Marco, ruled the Republic in 1485-86 and was the first Doge to be crowned on the Giants Staircase of Palazzo Ducale. His reign was so short due to a fatal wrangle he had during a senate meeting with his brother and successor, Agostino. Agostino Barbarigo reigned from 1486 until 1501, the period in which

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, queen of Cyprus, donated her kingdom to Venice. He introduced the habit of kissing the Doge's hand. The Barbarigo family died out in 1843, with Giovanni Filippo Barbarigo, who died childless.

Prominent members

* Angelo Barbarigo (1350–1418),

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and

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of Verona. * Marco Barbarigo di Croia (fl. 1388–d. 1428), governor of Croia * Marco Barbarigo (1413–1486),

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. * Agostino Barbarigo (1419–1501), brother of Marco, succeeded him as Doge. * Agostino Barbarigo (1516–1571), captain general and head during the

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. * St.

(1625–1697), cardinal and

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. * Marcantonio Barbarigo (1640–1706), cardinal. * Giovanni Francesco Barbarigo (1658–1730), cardinal and nephew of Gregorio.

Houses

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Palazzo Barbarigo Palazzo Barbarigo is a palace situated facing the Grand Canal of Venice, Italy. It is not to be confused with the Palazzo Barbarigo Minotto and Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza, both also on the Grand Canal, and other palazzi, and several vill ...

* Palazzo Barbarigo Nani Mocenigo * Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza - all these are on the

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* Villa Barbarigo, Galzignano Terme, near

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. *

Villa Barbarigo, Noventa Vicentina The Villa Barbarigo is a patrician villa in the comune of Noventa Vicentina, in Province of Vicenza, northern Italy, also referred to as Villa Barbarigo Loredan Rezzonico reflecting the various marriage alliances among aristocratic Venetian ...

, near Vicenza.

Sources

* {{Authority control Republic of Venice families