Pietro II Candiano
Pietro II Candiano | |
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 Coats of arms of the Candiano family | |
| 19thDoge of Venice | |
| In office 932–939 | |
| Preceded by | Orso II Participazio |
| Succeeded by | Pietro Participazio |
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| Born | c. 872 |
| Died | 939 |
Pietro II Candiano(c. 872– 939) was the nineteenthDoge of Venicebetween 932 and 939. He followedOrso II Participazio(912–932) to become Doge in 932.
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The Candiano family was the most important family of Venice during the tenth century.[1]Pietro II's fatherPietro Iwas the first Candiano to become doge in 887, but died soon after while fighting theNarentines.
At the beginning of his term in 932, Pietro II cosigned a letter with Marinus Contarini, thePatriarch of Grado,which he sent to theSynod of Erfurtasking for the expulsion from Germany of the Jews who refused to convert to Christianity.[2]TheKing of GermanyHenri I—who presided over the Synod—did not follow his recommendation though.[3]
With the weakening power of theByzantine Empirein theAdriatic Sea,Venice asserted an independent policy of taking control the northern part of the sea. Pietro II began this expansion in the area, notably against the rival city ofComacchio,which he burnt to the ground after it had attacked Venetian ships. He also expanded the territory of Venice toIstria,by capturingCapodistria(now Koper inSlovenia). He then received the submission of other Istrian cities thanks to an economic blockade of the area.[1]
He died in 939 and was succeeded byPietro Participazio(son of Orso II). Pietro II's sonPietro III(942–959) and his two grandsonsPietro IV(959–976) andVitale(978–979) also became doges. They all continued Pietro II's expansionist policy in theGulf of Venice.
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Bibliography[edit]
- Bernhard Blumenkranz,Juifs et chrétiens dans le monde occidental, 430-1096,Peeters, Paris–Louvain, 2006 (first edition 1960).
- Frederic Chapin Lane,Venice, A Maritime Republic,Baltimore and London, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973.
- Benjamin Z. Kedar,"Expulsion as an Issue of World History",Journal of World History,Vol. 7, No. 2 (Fall, 1996), pp. 165–180.
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