The Bembo family was a noble Venetian family, part of the Venetian noble families of most ancient origins (the ''Longhi'').

History

Although there is no precise information about the origin of the Bembo (there are only late traditions with no historical foundation), the "pseudo-Giustinian" Chronicle of the 1350s lists them in a group of twelve families located just below the ''duodecim nobiliorum proles Venetiarum''. They were therefore one of the most important families already in ancient times, and maintained this prestige until the

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. The first records date back to the 10th century when they appeared in the public life of the Duchy of Venice giving some ''maggiorenti'' (the so-called "judges"). However, it will be necessary to wait until the second half of the 13th century to see them fully active in public life.

Notable members

* Marco Bembo (c.1230–1296), politician, diplomat and military man. He was at the head of the crusading squad gathered in

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Giovanni Dandolo Giovanni Dandolo was the 48th Doge of Venice, elected late in his life on 31 March 1280, died on 2 November 1289. During his reign the first Venetian gold ducat was introduced into circulation. Family Dandolo came from a prominent Venetian famil ...

. While he was bailo of Constantinople, he was imprisoned and murdered by the Genoese after Ruggero Morosini attacked their colony of Pera. * Francesco Bembo († post 1427), politician and military man. Captain of the general army in the Po in 1426, he was the architect of the memorable naval action of Cremona against

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. * Francesco Bembo († 1416), clergyman. He was primicerius of San Marco and in 1412 opened the process of canonization of

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, authorizing the preaching in honor of the saint. * Beata Illuminata Bembo († 1493), abbess of the monastery of Corpus Domini in

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, wrote ''Specchio d'illuminazione'', biography of

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, in which she described, among other things, the prodigious events she was present at during the exhumation of the saint. *

Bernardo Bembo Bernardo Bembo (19 October 1433 – 28 May 1519) was a Venetian humanist, diplomat and statesman.Angelo Ventura and Marco Pecoraro"Bembo, Bernardo" in ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'', Volume 8 (Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 1 ...

(1433–1519), humanist and politician. *

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(1470–1547), son of Bernardo, cardinal and famous scholar. *

Giovanni Bembo Giovanni Bembo (21 August 1543 – 16 March 1618) was the 92nd Doge of Venice, reigning from his election on 2 December 1615 until his death. His reign is notable for Venetian victories during the War of Gradisca (1617) and for the Bedmar Plo ...

(1543–1618), doge of Venice from 1615 to his death. * Dardi Bembo (?–?), politician and

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. Captain of Vicenza in 1580 and

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in 1589, he was known as a translator of

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painted a ''Presentazione e disputa al tempio'' and a

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on canvas with the ''Birth of the Baptist'', the ''Baptist in the Desert'', and the ''Baptism of Christ'' (''Nascita del Battista'', ''il Battista nel Deserto'', ''Battesimo di Cristo''). * Antonia Padoani Bembo (1640–1720), singer and composer at the court of

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Giovanni Francesco Bembo Giovanni Francesco Bembo was an Italian Renaissance painter from Cremona, mainly active from 1515 to 1543. He apprenticed with Boccaccio Boccaccino. In 1515, he painted two frescoes: ''Presentation in the Temple'' and an ''Adoration of the Magi'' ...

(1659–1720), clergyman. He was

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from 1694 to his death. * Pier Luigi Bembo Salamon (1823–1882), politician. He was senator of the

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and

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References

{{reflist Bembo family Venetian noble families Republic of Venice families