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Michele Steno

Doge of Venice from 1400 to 1413

Summary

Doge of Venice from 1400 to 1413

Field	Value
name	Michele Steno
image	Michele Steno.jpg
caption	Contemporary portrait of Michele Steno, today at the Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź
office	Doge of Venice
term_start	1400
term_end	1413
predecessor	Antonio Venier
successor	Tommaso Mocenigo
birth_date	1331
birth_place	Venice, Republic of Venice
death_date	26 December 1413
death_place	Venice, Republic of Venice
spouse	Marina Galina

thumb|His tomb in Venice.

ducat]] mint under Michele Steno (1400).

Michele Steno (Michiel Sten in Venetian Language; 1331 – 26 December 1413) was a Venetian statesman who served as the 63rd Doge of Venice from 1 December 1400 until his death. He is remembered as the ruler crucial for establishing the Domini di Terraferma, in the aftermath of the War of Padua.

Biography

Steno was born in Venice into a family of some, though not great, wealth, and had lived a dissolute life in youth; he and a number of other young men were at one point nearly executed by the government for covering the Doge Marino Faliero's throne with "ignominious" inscriptions against him and his spouse, Aluycia Gradenigo. He later served as proveditor of Venice, and proved a capable diplomat.

In 1400 he was elected as doge as a compromise choice, since previous votes had become deadlocked. Upon becoming Doge he took to dressing like Lorenzo Celsi, who had been known for his elegance of dress. In his accession's year, Venice begun a successful war against Padua and its lord, Francesco da Carrara, leading to a substantial expansion of the republic in the Italian mainland. During the Christian schism of 1408, Venice sided with Pope Alexander V.

An old and ill man in his late years, Steno died in 1413, and was interred in the Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo, a traditional burial place of the doges.

Steno was succeeded as Doge by Tommaso Mocenigo.

Cultural references

Michele Steno is honored as the dedicatee of Johannes Ciconia's motet, "Venecia, mundi splendor/Michael, qui Stena domus," probably on the occasion of Padua's submission to Venetian rule. Among other rhetorical flourishes, the text praises Michele for his celibate life (vitam celibem).

References

[https://archive.org/stream/dogaressasofveni00stal#page/316/mode/2up Staley, Edgcumbe: The dogaressas of Venice : The wives of the doges. London : T. W. Laurie]

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