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Orso is the Italian word meaning "bear", and is a common given name and surname in Italy.
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Orso may refer to:
Orso is the Italian word meaning "bear", and is a common given name and surname in Italy.
Orso may refer to:
Year 932 (CMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Pietro I Candiano was briefly the sixteenth Doge of Venice in 887.
Pietro II Candiano was the nineteenth Doge of Venice between 932 and 939. He followed Orso II Participazio (912–932) to become Doge in 932.
Orso II Participazio was the eighteenth doge of the Republic of Venice, by tradition, from 912 to 932.
Pietro Tradonico was Doge of Venice from 836 to 864. He was, according to tradition, the thirteenth doge, though historically he is only the eleventh. His election broke the power of the Participazio family.
Obelerio degli Antenori was the ninth traditional Doge of Venice from 804 to 811.
Agnello Participazio was the tenth traditional and eighth (historical) doge of the Duchy of Venetia from 811 to 827. He was born to a rich merchant family from Heraclea and was one of the earliest settlers in the Rivoalto group of islands. His family had provided a number of tribuni militum of Rivoalto. He owned property near the Church of Santi Apostoli. A building in the nearby Campiello del Cason was the residence of the tribunes. Agnello was married to the dogaressa Elena.
Giovanni Participazio may refer to:
Orso I Participazio, also known as Orso I Badoer, was Doge of Venice from 864 until 881. He was, according to tradition, the fourteenth doge, though historically he is only the twelfth.
Ziani is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Giovanni II Participazio was the thirteenth (historical) or fifteenth (traditional) Doge of Venice after the death of his father, Orso I, in 881 until his resignation in 887. Prior to that, he co-ruled with his father.
Eraclea is a small city and comune in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, northern Italy. It is located on the Adriatic coast between the towns of Caorle and Jesolo.
Pietro Tribuno was the Doge of Venice from 887 to his death.
Pietro Participazio was, by tradition, the twentieth Doge of Venice of the Republic of Venice.
Jovian, surnamed Hypatus or Ceparius, was Byzantine magister militum per Venetiae in charge of the duchy of Venice in 740. Following the murder of the doge Orso Ipato in 737, the Exarch of Ravenna imposed administration by annual magistri militum on Venice who replaced the doge. Jovian was the fourth of these officials. This period of government by magistri militum lasted until 742, when the fifth and last of such officials was deposed and the dogeship was restored.
This article presents a detailed timeline of the history of the Republic of Venice from its legendary foundation to its collapse under the efforts of Napoleon.
Giovanni is a male Italian given name. It is the Italian equivalent of John. Giovanni is frequently contracted to Gianni, Gian, or Gio, particularly in the name Gianbattista, and can also be found as a surname. It is sometimes spelled as Geovanni, Giovonnie, Giovannie, Jiovanni or when used as an English female name. Its female counterpart is Giovanna.
Venier is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The Diocese of Castello, originally the Diocese of Olivolo, is a former Roman Catholic diocese that was based on the city of Venice in Italy. It was established in 774, covering the islands that are now occupied by Venice. Throughout its existence there was tension between the diocese, the Patriarchate of Grado to which it was nominally subordinate, and the Doge of Venice. Eventually in 1451 the diocese and the patriarchate were merged to form the Archdiocese of Venice.
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