Bragadin family

Aristocratic Venetian family

Bragadin

Family
Country|  Republic of Venice
Titles| Patrician

The Bragadin family (also Bragadino or Bragadini) were an aristocratic Venetian family that belong to the Venetian nobility, counted among the Longhi.

## History

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Tradition relates that the Bragadins came from the island of Veglia, today known as Krk in Croatia, of which they were lords, and numbers them among the twenty-four tribunician houses that elected the first doge Paoluccio Anafesto.[1] Other traditions claim that they arrived in the Lagoon in 800 and that, originally called Barbalin, they changed their surname and coat of arms in 890.[2]

Remaining included in the patriciate after the ordinances of the Great Council Lockout in 1297 established which families were part of the hereditary nobility of the council,[1] the family was always represented in the highest offices of the Republic of Venice, especially between the 15th- and the 16th-century, but also gave numerous ecclesiastics and men of culture.[3]

Among the many more illustrious personalities, mention should be made of Vittore, defender and then reconqueror of Verona during the war against Filippo Maria Visconti; Andrea, distinguished himself in the taking of Cyprus; Marcantonio Bragadin, distinguished himself in the defense of Famagusta against the Turks and became the emblem of Venetian martyrdom in the struggle against the Turks; Domenico, lecturer in philosophy, theology and mathematics, teacher of Luca Pacioli; Alvise Bragadin, who opened a famous Jewish typography.[3]

## Distinguished Members

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Ca' Bragadin Carabba - Rio San Lio, Venice

* Bartolomeo Bragadin poet, died in 1507; his tomb is located on the counter-façade of the church of Santi Pietro e Paolo in Venice;
* Marcantonio Bragadin (1523–1571), soldier;
* Marcantonio Bragadin (1591–1658) cardinal;
* Matteo Bragadin (1689–1767), politician;
* Vincenzo Bragadin (1691–1762), bishop;
* Giovanni Bragadin (1699–1775), patriarch of Venice;
* Marcantonio Bragadin (1906–1986), admiral;
* Vittorio Bragadin (1920–1941), pilot, gold medal for Military Valor

## References

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1. ^ a b Schröeder, Francesco (1830). Genealogical repertoire of confirmed noble families and titled nobles existing in the Venetian Provinces. Vol. 1\. Venice: Typography of Alvisopoli. p. 152.
2. ^ Tassini (2009) [1863]. Venetian Curiosities. supplementary notes and revision by Marina Crivellari Bizio, Franco Filippi, Andrea Perego. Venice: Filippi Editore. p. 116-117.
3. ^ a b Treccani (ed.). "Bragadìn". Italian encyclopedia of sciences, letters and arts. Retrieved December 9, 2011.

* Derived from Italian wikipedia entry