Stefano Magno (around 1499 – 14 October 1572) was a
Venetian chronicler
A chronicle ( la, chronica, from Greek ''chroniká'', from , ''chrónos'' – "time") is a historical account of events arranged in chronological order, as in a timeline. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and lo ...
.
Biography
According to
Kenneth Setton
Kenneth Meyer Setton (June 17, 1914 in New Bedford, Massachusetts – February 18, 1995 in Princeton, New Jersey) was an American historian and an expert on the history of medieval Europe, particularly the Crusades.
Early life, education and aw ...
, Stefano Magno was born around 1499 (his father's name was Andrea) and died on 14 October 1572. According to
Marios Philippides
Marios Philippides (born 1950- died December 27, 2022) was an American historian who was Emeritus Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
Biography
Marios Philippides was born in 1950 and taught at t ...
he was born in 1490 and died in 1557. He was a member of the noble Venetian Magno family.
Works
''Cronaca Magno''
The authorship of the
manuscript
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often named as ''Cronaca Magno'' is attributed to Stefano Magno. This work is based on the work of
Aeneas Sylvius (Pope Pius II). Stefano Magno frequently quotes ''dispacci'' of
Bartolomeo Minio in his chronicle.
''Annali Veneti e del Mondo''
His work ''Annali Veneti e del Mondo'' is a five-volume manuscript archived in the library of the
Museo Correr
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. This manuscript is described as "one of the more important literary sources for the last two decades of fifteenth century", providing "extraordinary coverage" of events almost all over Europe and
Levant
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. It also covers the process of Islamization of
Albanians and presents information about the Muslim conquest of
Skanderbeg
, reign = 28 November 1443 – 17 January 1468
, predecessor = Gjon Kastrioti
, successor = Gjon Kastrioti II
, spouse = Donika Arianiti
, issue = Gjon Kastrioti II
, royal house = Kastrioti
, father ...
's stronghold,
Krujë.
The 19th-century
Greek
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historian and researcher
Constantine Sathas
Constantine Sathas ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Σάθας; Athens, 1842 – Paris, 25 May 1914) was a Greek historian and researcher.
Sathas spent his life unearthing hitherto unknown material pertaining to the history of late medieval and ear ...
published extracts of the Venetian chronicle of Stefano Magno connected with the history of Greece (''Μνημεία Ελληνικής Ιστορίας''
onuments of Greek History, which Kenneth Setton considers carelessly transcribed.
The first volume of his ''Annali Veneti e del Mondo'' describes the origins of the
Venetian noble families and presents the alphabetically arranged list with dates of their admission to the
Great Council of Venice
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, with their
coats of arms presented in color. The fourth volume describes the period from 1478 to 1481, and contains a description of the
Siege of Krujë in 1478.
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1490 births
1557 deaths
16th-century Italian historians
16th-century Venetian people