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The Barbaro family was a patrician family of Venice. Various members are noted as church leaders, diplomats, patrons of the arts, military commanders, philosophers, scholars, and scientists.

Famous members included the brothers Daniele Barbaro and Marcantonio Barbaro, who 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 including:

• Ermolao Barbaro – Patriarch 1491–1493
• Daniel Barbaro – Patriarch 1550–1570
• Francesco Barbaro – Bishop 1585–1593, Patriarch 1593–1616
• Ermolao II Barbaro – Bishop 1596–1616, Patriarch 1616–1622

The Barbaro coat of arms is a red circle on a white field. It was granted in 1125 in remembrance of Admiral Marco Barbaro cutting off the hand of a Moor during the Battle of Ascalon and using the bleeding stump to draw a circle onto a turban- which he flew as a pennant from his masthead.

Antonio Barbaro was Procuratore of San Marco in 968.

Patronage

The Barbaro family was connected to several buildings within and around Venice, some of which include:

• The Palazzi Barbaro are located near the Ponte dell'Accademia. The first building dates from the 14th century. It belonged to Piero Spiera in the early 15th century, passing though several hand before being acquired by Zaccaria Barbaro, Procuratore of San Marco. The other building was originally two stories and belonged to the Tagliapietra family. In the 16th century, they gave the Barbaro family permission to build on top. In 1524, the sister of the Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara was living at the Palazzi Barbaro. In 1797 the Palazzi belonged to Senator Zuanne Barbaro and were later purchased by Daniel Sargent Curtis. The buildings are also known as the Palazzo Barbaro-Curtis.

• Another Palazzo Barbaro owned by a Daniele Barbaro and in 1797 by a Marco Barbaro.

• Yet another Palazzo Barbaro, near the Palazzo Barbarigo. It was owned in 1661 by a Lorenzo Barbaro and in 1712 by a Francesco Antonio Barbaro, but had by 1740 it belonged to the Barbarigo family.

• The Palazzo Dario was built about 1450 by Zuanne Dario. After the death of diplomat Giovanni Dario in 1494, his daughter inherited. She was married to Vincenzo Barbaro, the son of Giacomo Barbaro and owner of the neighboring Palazzo Barbaro.

• Another Palazzo Barbaro, now known as the Palazzo Barbaro-Volkoff or Barbaro-Wolkoff. This 14th century Gothic palace was owned by an Antonio Barbaro in 1797. Eleonora Duse later lived there.

• rebuilding the Rialto Bridge.

• creating a Barbaro-family chapel within San Francesco della Vigna.

• The church of Santa Maria Zobenigo, also known as the Santa Maria de Giglio was built around 900 by the Zubenigo family, who died out in 1124. It was rebuilt between 1680 and 1700 by Guiseppe Sardi. The rebuilding was funded by the Barbaro family and the churh contains statues of four members of the family. The façade shows plans for Rome, Corfu, Padua, Candia,Spalatro, and Pavia.

• creating Villa Barbaro.

The family fortunes diminished after Napoleon's defeat of Venice and they had to turn most of the Palazzo Barbaro into apartments. The last of the family died in the mid-nineteenth century.

Notable members

• Donato Barbaro (fl. c. 1259), Venetian admiral
• Francesco Barbaro (1390–1454), humanist
• Ermolao Barbaro (1410–1471/1474), bishop of Treviso and Verona
• Giosafat Barbaro (1413–1494), ambassador
• Ermolao Barbaro (1454–1493/1495), philosopher
• Marco Barbaro (1511–1570), genealogist
• Daniele Barbaro (1513–70), scholar, cardinal and co-owner of Villa Barbaro
• Marcantonio Barbaro (1518–1595), ambassador and co-owner of Villa Barbaro
• Antonio Barbaro (d. 1679), Venetian soldier and colonial official

References

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