Michele Morosini

Michele Morosini's coat of arms

Michele Morosini (* around 1308 in Venice ; † October 15, 1382 ibid) was the 61st Doge of Venice in 1382 . During his dogat , the plague broke out again in Venice , killing 19,000 people in a short time, including Morosini himself.

family

The Morosini family provided a total of four doges, apart from Michele the doges Domenico Morosini (1148–1156), Marino Morosini (1249–1253) and Francesco Morosini (1688–1694). Four women from the family were married to Dogen and carried the title Dogaressa : Tommasina Morosini was the wife of Pietro Gradenigo , Francesca Morosini was married to Andrea Dandolo , Aloidea Morosini to Niccolò Tron and Morosina Morosini to Marino Grimani .

Morosini was married to Christina Condulmiero, with whom he had a son named Giovanni.

Life

Morosini had distinguished himself in Venice through his charitable work and was then given the office of procurator ( procuratore di sopra ) . He worked for the republic in various diplomatic missions, including as plenipotentiary in the peace negotiations in Turin, which ended the Chioggia war . He had increased his great fortune through clever real estate deals.

Morisini died of the plague just four months after taking office.

Tomb

His grave in San Zanipolo .

His monumental tomb is in San Zanipolo . Two pillars on consoles delimit the pointed arch with a protruding eyelash . The reclining figure of the Doge rests on a catafalque . In the lunette a mosaic with the crucifixion and the Madonna and John, as well as the archangels Michael and John the Baptist, who present Christ to the Doge and the Dogaressa.

statue

His statue (number 31) stands in the southeast of the outer ring of the Prato della Valle in Padua .

literature

• Andrea Da Mosto : I Dogi di Venezia , Florence 1983.
• Roberto Cessi : Morosini, Michele , in: Enciclopedia Italiana , 1934.

predecessor	Office	successor
Andrea Contarini	Doge of Venice 1382	Antonio Venier