Particiaco

Coat of arms of the Participazio

Particiaco is the name of a tribunician Venetian patrician family whose name has been changed to Partecipazio or Participazio over the centuries . Family members include a number of Venetian doges, as well as some Patriarchs of Grado .

The Participazio were among the most powerful and influential families in the early days of the Venetian Republic, which was marked by power struggles . Together with the Candiano and Orseolo , it was the Partecipazio family who provided most of Venice's doges from 810 to the constitutional reform of 1172.

Doge of Venice

1. Agnello Particiaco , † 827, 10th Doge
2. Agnellus (II.) † 820, fellow dog of Venice
3. Giustiniano Particiaco , † 829, 11th Doge
4. Giovanni I. Particiaco , † 832, 12th Doge
5. Orso I. Particiaco , † 881, 14th Doge
6. Giovanni II Particiaco , † 887, 15th Doge
7. Orso II. Particiaco , † 932, 18th Doge
8. Pietro Partecipazio, also Pietro Badoer , † 942, 20th Doge

Patriarch of Grado

1. Vettore Partecipazio , patriarch from 877
2. Vitale Partecipazio , patriarch from 856 to about 875