page_title: Barbaro family
section_title: Notable members
hierarchical_section_title: Barbaro family / Notable members
context_page_description: The Barbaro family was a patrician family of Venice. They were wealthy and influential and owned large estates in the Veneto above Treviso. Various members were noted as church leaders, diplomats, patrons of the arts, military commanders, philosophers, scholars, and scientists.
context_section_description: The brothers Daniele Barbaro and Marcantonio Barbaro, were patrons of the architect Andrea Palladio and the painter Paolo Veronese. Barbaro-family members acted as deans and professors of the University of Padua. Several members were also Patriarchs of Aquileia.
  Paolo Magadesi (c.836?) The first recorded member of the family and Procurator of San Marco.
  Antonio Magadesi  (c.968) Procurator of San Marco.
  Johannes Magadesi  (c.982) Presbyter at the Church of San Zorzi.
  Marco Barbaro née Magadezzi/Maghadesi  (c.1121) Provveditore d'Armata, Naval victor against the forces of the Sultan of Egypt, creator of the modern Barbaro coat of arms. The Barbaro family arms were officially recognized in 1123 by the Venetian Senate. A painting of the victory by Sante Peranda hung in the Palazzo Ducale of Venice.
  Marco Barbaro (c.1229) Son of Pietro, cavalry captain in forces that defeated Ezzelino III da Romano tyrant of Padua
  Donato Barbaro (c.1259) Son of Pietro, captain of 40 galleys, defeated the Genoese and the forces of the Byzantine Emperor Manuel at the Island of Seven Wells (Isola dei Sette Pozzi).
  Pietro Barbaro (c.1270) Son of Jacopo. Served in the cavalry of Charles of Anjou in the conquest of Naples. Recognized by Charles for his actions in the Battle of Benevento; appointed Signore of the Castle of Pietramala.
  Nicolo Barbaro (c.1361) Son of Bertucci. Provveditore d'Armata, defeated the Genoese at Rhodes.
  Donato Barbaro (c.1364) Son of Giovanni. Distinguished himself in the suppression of a rebellion in Candia
  Marco Barbaro was Auditor of Grado in 1366 and Podestà of Oderzo in 1367.
  Bernardo Barbaro (c.1370) Son of Donato. Ambassador for the Doge to the Sultan of Egypt.
  Giovanni Barbaro (c.1380) Son of Adamo. Provveditore of the army that fought against Padua.
  Francesco Barbaro (c.1398) Son of Marco. One of the founders of the Congregazione dei Canonici Secolari (Secular Canons) of San Giorgio in Alga.
  Francesco Barbaro (1398–1454) Son of Candiano, uncle to Ermolao Barbaro Author, diplomat, politician, and military commander. Honored for his defense of Brescia from 1432 to 1435 against the Milanese under Niccolò Piccinino. A painting on this subject by Tintoretto, La difesa di Brescia, hung in the Palazzo Ducale of Venice. . Ambassador to Emperor Sigismund of the Holy Roman Empire. Made Knight of the Holy Roman Empire in 1448. Elected Procurator of San Marco. Noted scholar with many works. Subject of a 1932 biography by Percy Gothein.
  Almoro Barbaro (c.1403) Son of Adamo. Captain of a galley in the victory of Carlo Zeno against the Genoese.
  Ermolao Barbaro (1410-1471/1474), Son of Zaccaria and nephew to Francesco Barbaro. Bishop of Treviso(1443–1453). Bishop of Verona(1453-?). Governor of Perugia.
  Pietro Barbaro (c.1413) Son of Donato. Ambassador to the Duke of Savoy.
  Nicolo Barbaro was Auditor of Pola from 1413 to 1414.
  Marco Barbaro, son of Jacopo, was Podestà of Pirano from 1419 to 1421, and Ambassador to Byzantium in 1423, Podestà of Pirano from 1430 to 1431, and Captain of Grisignana from 1431 to 1437.
  Giosafat Barbaro (1413–1494) Son of Antonio. Traveled to Tana in 1436. In 1473, he was one of several Venetian ambassadors to Persia. Barbaro also served as Provveditore of the Army in Albania fighting with Skanderbeg against the Turks. Barbaro served as Captain of Rovigo and Provveditore of all Polesine from 1482 to 1483. Barbaro wrote about his travels
  Nicolo Barbaro (1420–1494) Son of Marco. Wrote an eyewitness account of the Fall of Constantinople.
  Andréa Barbaro was Castellan of Modon and Corone from 1421 to 1423.
  Zaccaria Barbaro. (1422–1492) He was the only son of Francesco Barbaro and the father of Ermolao Barbaro. and Alvise Barbaro, Cavalier, Procurator, and Provveditore al Sal Zaccaria served as ambassador to the Courts of Naples and Milan, and served as Procurator of San Marco. In 1465, Zaccaria purchased the Palazzo Barbaro in San Vitale on the Grand Canal which remained in the family's possession until 1864. In 1480, Zaccaria served as ambassador to the Papal court of Pope Sixtus I. During the War of Ferrara
caption: Ermolao Barbaro
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