Marcantonio Trivisan

Marcantonio Trevisan (* 1475, † May 31, 1554 ) was from 1553 to 1554 the 80th Doge of Venice.

Family

The family is since 1117 in Venice on record, it was one of the new families (case nuove ). Marcantonio was nevertheless to a branch of Trevisan, who was admitted to the Venetian nobility until 1381 - unlike, for example, the Captain-General Marchiò Trevisan, who in 1429 had brought from Constantinople Opel a Holy Blood relic that was worshiped in the Frari church. A great-uncle of Marc Antonio was the patriarch of Aquileia Alvise Trevisan.

Life

Trevisan, the eldest of five brothers, exercised important offices in the service of the Republic. He was governor of Cyprus and Candia ( Crete) and procurator ( procuratore de ultra).

The Dogenamt

Trevisan was an extremely charitable and pious man. This was - in addition to his commitment to the legal system and religion - in his efforts to ban bad habits such as the popular nightly balls, theater performances and festivals after 24 clock, and limit the elaborate life of the nobility. His efforts to reform the religious life and to accelerate the course of justice have been not successful, he himself, however, was highly esteemed for his piety and his integrity. Marcantonio Trevisan has exercised his office as Doge just under a year.

Pictures

• Girolamo Campagna: The Doge Marcantonio Trevisan kneels before the cross of Golgotha ​​, relief, San Francesco della Vigna, Venice
• Titian: Portrait of the Doge. Star Collection, Vienna
• Titian (attributed ): Portrait of the Doge. Szeptmüveszeti Museum, Budapest
• Tintoretto (attributed ): The body of Christ, shown by angels, worshiped by the Doge Pietro Lando and Marcantonio Trevisan. Sala del Senato, Doge's Palace, Venice

Tomb

His tomb is in the church of San Francesco della Vigna. There is a floor tomb which may have been run on a design by Sansovino.