17 Facts About Agnello Participazio

Agnello Participazio was the tenth traditional and eighth doge of the Duchy of Venetia from 811 to 827.

Agnello Participazio was born to a rich merchant family from Heraclea and was one of the earliest settlers in the Rivoalto group of islands.

Agnello Participazio's family had provided a number of tribuni militum of Rivoalto.

Agnello Participazio owned property near the Church of Santi Apostoli.

The name Agnello appeared in the earliest documents and in John the Deacon's chronicle Historia Veneticorum.

Agnello Participazio moved the ducal seat from Malamocco to Rivolato.

Agnello Participazio built the first doge's palace near the old church of San Teodoro.

Agnello Participazio sent his elder son, Giustiniano, on a mission to Constantinople.

Agnello Participazio refused to go to the palace and went to live at the nearby church of San Severo.

Giustiniano and his young son Agnello Participazio were raised to the co-dogeship.

Agnello Participazio then went to Bergamo and put himself under the protection of the emperor Louis II of Italy.

Later, in 820, the young Agnello Participazio was sent to Constantinople for the occasion of the coronation of Michael II, the new Byzantine emperor.

Agnello Participazio replaced him with Giovanni, the abbot of San Servolo.

Agnello Participazio had the church of San Pellegrino, which had been demolished by the inhabitants of Grado during Pepin's attack, rebuilt.

Agnello Participazio put Nicolo Ardisonio in charge of fortifying the lidi against the sea, placing Lorenzo Alimpato in charge of land reclamation and Pietro Tradonico of the construction of new buildings.

Agnello Participazio founded monasteries on the islands of Barnaba and San Giuliano and provided priests with good supplies for the maintenance and decoration of churches wherever this was needed.

Agnello Participazio needed the friendship of Venice to obtain its support against the Saracens who were invading Sicily.