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Gave a speech eulogising Niccoló Marcello

1474 – Gave a “wonderful speech eulogising the Most Serene Doge Niccoló Marcello, to the admiration of all” (as recorded by his townsman and friend, the humanist poet Franjo Božićević (Franciscus Natalis) in Vita Marci Maruli Spalatensis). The speech has been lost, but its occasion was probably the successful Venetian defense of Skadar (Scutari) from Turkish invasion.

Photo: The National Gallery. Doge Niccolò Marcello.