Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.
VENIER, SEBASTIANO. - Doge of Venice, b. c. 1496, d. 3 March 1578.
After holding high offices in the Republic, among them those of savio grande, provveditore generale of the fortresses, and procurator of S. Marco, he was appointed provveditore at Corfù in 1570. In the same year, having been named captain «general da mar», he reorganized the fleet and laid siege to Durazzo. In 1571, after the conclusion of the Holy League, he organized the war against the Turks with the allies, during which he often found himself in conflict with don
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VENIER, SEBASTIANO - Bust, work by T. Aspetti - Venice, Doge’s Palace.
Giovanni d'Austria. At the battle of Lepanto he displayed great skill and exceptional courage. But after the victory, Spanish policy, which governed the conduct of don Giovanni d'Austria, compelled Venice to place another captain general alongside him, Iacopo Foscarini. These rivalries, which prevented the allies from exploiting their success, led, in the peace with the Turks, to the cession of Cyprus. Venice, however, accorded Venier the highest recognition of his worth, electing him Doge in 1572.
BIBL.: P. Molmenti, S. V. Lepanto, Florence 1899; id., S. V. Lepanto, in Nuovo archivio veneto, 30 (1915. 1), p. 5 ff. Also the recent bibliography cited under the entry LEPANTO. Roberto Palmarocchi
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“VENIER, SEBASTIANO.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), p. 789. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/venier-sebastiano.
