Domenico Leoni

Byzantine magister militum per Venetiae in charge of Venice

Domenico Leoni (Latin: Dominicus Leo Abrogatis; life dates unknown) was a Byzantine magister militum per Venetiae in charge of Venice in 738. Following the murder of the doge Orso Ipato in 737, the Exarch of Ravenna imposed administration by annual magistri militum on Venice.[1] Domenico was the first of these officials. He was succeeded by Felice Cornicola. This period of government by magistri militum lasted until 742, when the fifth and last of such officials was deposed and the dogeship was restored.

Notes

  1. ^ Órso, Enciclopedia Treccani [1]

References

  • Samuele Romanin, Storia documentata di Venezia, Pietro Naratovich tipografo editore, Venezia, 1853.
  • William Carew Hazlitt, History of the Venetian Republic: Her Rise, Her Greatness, and Her Civilization. Elder, Smith and Co.: London, 1860.
Political offices
Preceded by
Orso Ipato
Magister militum per Venetiae
738
Succeeded by
Felice Cornicola
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Doges of Venice
Byzantine period (697–737)
  • Paolo Lucio Anafesto
  • Marcello Tegalliano
  • Orso Ipato
Regime of the magistri militum (738–742)
  • Domenico Leoni
  • Felice Cornicola
  • Teodato Ipato
  • Jovian Ceparius
  • John Fabriacus
Ducal period (742–1148)
8th century
9th century
10th century
11th century
12th century
* deposed     † executed or assassinated     ‡ killed in battle     ♦ abdicated
Republican period (1148–1797)
12th century
13th century
14th century
15th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
Marino Faliero (1354–55) was convicted of treason, executed and condemned to damnatio memoriae
* Francesco Foscari (1423–57) was forced to abdicate by the Council of Ten
* Ludovico Manin (1789–97) was forced to abdicate by Napoleon leading to the Fall of the Republic of Venice