The Barbaro family (/'bar.ba.ro/) was a patrician family of Venice. They were wealthy and influential and owned large estates in the Veneto above Treviso.[1]: 112 Various members were noted as church leaders, diplomats, patrons of the arts, military commanders, philosophers, scholars, and scientists.[2]: 150 [3]: 275
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