Fairness is further emphasised in Contarini ’ s constant references to the equality the members of the council enjoyed.

This calculated duality means that Contarini ’ s doge, which the second book of De magistratibus is almost entirely devoted to discussing, represents the closest point in his text to what actually occurred, because the Doge served as a literal embodiment of the idealisation of the reality of Venetian politics.

Contarini ’ s description of his vestments, privileges and rituals can therefore be compared to Marin Sanudo ’ s description of the physical spaces of Venice in his essay In Praise of Venice.

At the same time, however, Contarini ’ s overall purpose is, of course, the glorification of the republican nature of his city.

Andrea Palladio, who was employed by the Contarini and their relatives, designed several of the most outstanding neo-classical structures in the Veneto ’ s environs.

Contarini thus openly concludes that the Doge is a combination of myth and reality, saying that “ in everything you may see the show of a king, but his authority is nothing ”.

* Nicolò Contarini of Venice ( 1553 – 1631 ), politician and future Doge of Venice

Evidence in some of his music also points to this: a motet by a certain " Franciscus " is dedicated to Andrea Contarini, who was Doge of Venice from 1368 to 1382 ; and in addition, his works are well represented in northern Italian sources.

* Doge Andrea Contarini ( d. 1382 )

Likely, the diplomat Paolo Sarpi and Doge Nicolo Contarini shared the intent to link the church to an order less closely associated with the patriarchate, and ultimately the Somascan Fathers, an order founded near Bergamo by a Venetian nobleman Jerome Emiliani, were invited to administer the church.

* Domenico I Contarini ( d. 1071 ), Doge of Venice 1043-71

* Jacopo Contarini ( 1194 – 1280 ), Doge of Venice

* Andrea Contarini ( died 1382 ), Doge of Venice

* Francesco Contarini ( 1556 – 1624 ), Doge of Venice 1623-24

* Nicolò Contarini ( 1553 – 1631 ), Doge of Venice 1630-31

* Carlo Contarini ( 1580 – 1656 ), Doge of Venice 1655-56

* Domenico II Contarini ( 1585 – 1675 ), Doge of Venice 1659-75

* Alvise Contarini ( 1601 – 1684 ), Doge of Venice 1676-84

960 AD marks the first historically verified documentation of the Contarini, with Domenico hailed as the first Contarini-born Doge.

Many wealthy Venetians, such as the Contarini, enjoyed the monetary and health benefits wrought from, for example, the spice trade, which facilitated longevity, a fundamental requirement for assumption of the role of Doge, since the position mandated that a Doge, “ must be an octogenarian who commands health, wealth and wisdom ”.

What Contarini had to do with it is shown by his letters to the pope in which he complained of the schism in the church, of simony and flattery in the papal court, but above all of papal tyranny, its least grateful passages.

It was Contarini who led to the stating of a definition in connection with the article of justification in which occurs the famous formula " by faith alone are we justified ," with which was combined, however, the Roman Catholic doctrine of good works.

Into the article on the mass and the Lord's Supper, Contarini had inserted the concept of transubstantiation, which was also unacceptable to the Protestants.

Exceptions to the rule exist, however, as may be seen in the accompanying image of the Scala of the Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo, which winds up counter-clockwise.

The palace itself where the Arneri resided is of Venetian Gothic architecture and has been described as a place in which a Contarini might have lived.

He followed the efforts at agreement at the conference of Regensburg in 1541 with suspicion and refused to accept the article on justification which had been drawn up under the supervision of Gasparo Contarini to suit both parties, and Luther, his steady adviser, confirmed him in his aversion.

On 21 August, the wind was from the north again and Contarini, seeing his chance, sailed, but the wind dropped at about 12pm and he made for the SE end of Andros with what wind there was, there being joined by the galley force which had just arrived from the west, early on 22 August.

Contarini also wrote, " The empire of Uzun-Hassan is very extensive, and is bounded by Turkey and Caramania, belonging to the Sultan, and which latter country extends to Aleppo.

Contarini is a noted Venetian family, from which eight Doges to the Republic of Venice emerged, as well as other notables.

The Contarini led the Venetian Republic forward through ever changing ages and commensurate with ample changes in trade, technology, trade: both import and exports, science, religion, art, banking and finance as well as in diplomacy and war.

Another group of cloistered " Nuns of St Ambrose ", also called the Annunciatae ( Italian: Annunziate ) of Lombardy or " Sisters of St Marcellina ", were founded in 1408 by three young women of Pavia, Dorothea Morosini, Eleonora Contarini, and Veronica Duodi.

According to his own statement, he was deterred from presenting himself at Rome by the warnings of Cardinal Contarini, whom he found at Bologna, dying of poison administered by the reactionary party.

Contarini in a letter to his friend Cardinal Reginald Pole ( dated 11 November 1538 ) says that his hopes had been wakened anew by the pope's attitude.

In 1541 Cardinal Contarini was papal legate at the Conference of Regensburg, the diet and religious debate marking the culmination of attempts to restore religious unity in Germany by means of conferences.

An early description of Suleiman, a few weeks following his accession, was provided by the Venetian envoy Bartolomeo Contarini: " He is twenty-six years of age, tall, but wiry, and of a delicate complexion.

* Villa Contarini, at Piazzola sul Brenta, built in 1546 by Palladio and enlarged in the following centuries, is the most important.

The basis for discussion was the " Regensburg Book "— essentially the Worms Book with modifications by the papal legate, Gasparo Contarini, and other Catholic theologians.

Early letter collections were: " Lettere Italiane di Fra Sarpi " ( Geneva, 1673 ); Scelte lettere inedite de P. Sarpi ", edited by Aurelio Bianchi-Giovini ( Capolago, 1833 ); " Lettere raccolte di Sarpi ", edited by Polidori ( Florence, 1863 ); " Lettere inedite di Sarpi a S. Contarini ", edited by Castellani ( Venice, 1892 ).

As legate of the pope appeared Cardinal Contarini, assisted by the nuncio Morone.

In 1677 he went to Venice, where he was hired by a powerful nobleman, Alvise Contarini, as the music tutor to his mistress, Agnese Van Uffele.

Vergerio had yet no thought of withdrawing from the Roman Catholic Church, nor did he overstep the line of reformatory attempts within that church, such as were espoused by Contarini and others.

Designed by Oscar Niemeyer with the assistance of structural engineer Bruno Contarini, who had worked with Niemeyer on earlier projects, the MAC-Niterói is 16 meters high ; its cupola has a diameter of 50 metres with three floors.

Most of her last performances were in operas by Verdi, including performances of Elvira in Ernani and Lucrezia Contarini in I due Foscari.

The commission appointed to review the abuses in the church was presided over by Gasparo Cardinal Contarini and consisted of eight additional cardinals: Girolamo Aleandro, Tommaso Badia, Giovanni Pietro Carafa ( the later Pope Paul IV ), Gregorio Cortese, Federigo Fregoso, Gianmatteo Giberti, Reginald Pole, and Jacopo Sadoleto.

The Villa Contarini, commissioned by Paolo and Francesco Contarini in 1546.