Lorenzo Celsi

Lorenzo Celsi († July 18, 1365 ) was the 58th Doge of Venice. He reigned from 1361 to 1365.

Life

Celsi had distinguished himself in the military and political spheres. Prior to his election, he was ambassador, Podestà in Treviso and captain general in Istria.

He was married and had two daughters.

The Dogenamt

From Celsi both Petrarch and the Venetian historian Sanudo have delivered many colorful stories. He is said to have been an extraordinarily beautiful loving Doge, a long line-up of jewels and jewels handed down in his will. In the Doge's Palace, he should have kept wild animals, exotic birds and a whole stable of fine horses. At public events, he shows up dressed in white, whereas his predecessors were usually dressed in red. In St. Mark's Square, he was in tournaments, he was a passionate fighter tournament. His Corno he allegedly provided with a cross so that everyone was forced to greet him, and eventually he was preceded wear a kind of scepter at public appearances. The output of the relevant proceedings before the grand council, he did not live.

Such a cult of personality and extravagant behavior is later tried by an ever tighter promissio in which the Doges were their obligations and rights prescribed and repeated read aloud to stop.

Tomb

The Doge was buried in the church of Santa Celestia, which was destroyed in the course of the expansion of the arsenal. From his barrow nothing is received.