Polo Zuliani Explained

Polo Zuliani
Office:	Duke of Candia
Term Start:	1382
Term End:	1382
Birth Date:	14th century
Death Date:	after 1410

Paolo "Polo" Zuliani^{[1] [2]} (also Zulian) was a Venetian nobleman, statesman, and Duke-elect of Candia, who is remembered for having declined the title of Duke of Candia out of modesty upon his election in 1382.

Biography

Polo Zuliani was born into the Zuliani family, a Venetian patrician family. He is recorded in the 1379 estimo of the comune together with sier Franscesco Zulian. He is said to have been from Santa Fosca (Cannaregio), which was the historical abode of the Zuliani.^{[3] [4]}

Zuliani was a very prominent (notissimo^[3]) figure in Venice, due to several ambassadorships. Zuliani was among the twelve ambassadors sent to Istria to meet with Doge Antonio Venier.^[2] He was elected Duke of Candia in 1382, but declined out of modesty.^{[3] [5] [6]} Ireneo della Croce called this a "rare example of modesty" (esempio raro di modestia).^[1]

In 1410, Zuliani was elected Procurator of Saint Mark. His nephew (or grandson) Andrea was an author and translator. Andrea translated Cassius Dio into Latin, and left several orations, for which he was praised by Flavio Biondo in his Italia illustrata (Italy Illuminated).^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: della Croce. Ireneo. Ireneo della Croce. Historia Antica, e Moderna: Sacra, e Profana, della città di Trieste, celebre colonia de'Cittadini Romani. Con la notitia di molt'arcani d'antichità, prerogative di nobiltà e gesti d'huomini illustri ... mutationi de riti, e dominj sin'à quest'anno 1698, etc. 1698. G. Albrizzi; Lyon Public Library (Bibliothèque jésuite des Fontaines). 690.
2. Book: della Croce. Ireneo. Historia antica, e moderna, sacra e profana della città di Trieste. 1698. A. Forni; University of Chicago. 690.
3. Book: Curiosità veneziane ovvero Origini delle denominazioni stradali di Venezia di Venezia Volume 2. 1863. Cecchini; Austrian National Library. 317.
4. Book: Mueller. Reinhold C.. The Venetian Money Market Banks, Panics, and the Public Debt, 1200-1500. 2019. Johns Hopkins University Press. 978-1-4214-3142-0.
5. Book: Antonio Pasini . Bartolomeo Cecchetti . Camillo Boito . Emile Molinier . Ferdinando Ongania . Frederick Home Rosenberg . William Scott . La basilica di San Marco in Venezia illustrata nella storia e nell' arte da scrittori veneziani sotto la direzione di Camillo Boito Volume 6, Part 1. 1888. F. Ongania. 35.
6. Book: Tassini. Giuseppe. Giuseppe Tassini. Curiosità veneziane. 1915. Giusto Fuga. 723.