Agnello Participazio | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms of Angelo Participazio | |
| 10th Doge of Venice | |
| In office 811–827 | |
| Preceded by | Obelerio degli Antenori |
| Succeeded by | Giustiniano Participazio |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Unknown Rivoalto |
| Died | 827 Rivoalto |
| Spouse(s) | Elena (m 811–827) |
Agnello Participazio (Latin: Agnellus Particiacus) 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.[1] A building in the nearby Campiello del Cason was the residence of the tribunes.[2] Agnello was married to the dogaressa Elena.[3]
The name Agnello appeared in the earliest documents (819 and 820) and in John the Deacon's chronicle Historia Veneticorum. It appeared as Angelo in a document datable to 1023.[4] The surname is attested only later, in John the Deacon's chronicle, who attributed it only to Orso II Participazio (911-932). Its attribution to the whole household and to the prior Participazio doges (Agnello Giustiniano (827–829), Giovanni I (829–836), Orso I (864–881) and Giovanni II (881–887) was established by 19th century scholars. [5]
According to some historians Agnello was elected,[6][7] while others say that he was appointed by Arsaphios, a Byzantine envoy.[8][5]
- ^ "Arieli Marina,From the Myth to the Margins: The Patriarch's Piazza at San Pietro di Castello in Venice" Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 64, No. 2 (Summer 2011), pp. 353-429, cf pp. 363-64
- ^ Romanin S.,Storia Documentata Di Venezia, Vol. 3, p. 155-56
- ^ Staley, Edgcumbe, The dogaressas of Venice, The wives of the doges, London, T. W. Laurie
- ^ Cessi, Roberto, Documenti relativi alla storia di Venezia anteriori al Mille, 1942, I, pp. 71 s., 74, 96 s., 197
- ^ a b Pozza, Marco, Patriciaco Agnello, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Vol. 81, 2014
- ^ Norwich J. J., A History of Venice, p. 13.
- ^ Romanin S.,Storia Documentata Di Venezia, Vol. 3, p. 156
- ^ Nichol. D. M., Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations, 2008, pp. 16-19