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Coat-of-arms of the house of Venier

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Title:

Coat-of-arms of the house of Venier

Spatial:

Settlement: Prodromos of Deliana (Kissamos-Hania, island of Crete)

Area: Church of Agios Ioannis

Temporal:

1401 - 1500

Description:

Identification of the bearer: Domenico Venier, Veneto-Cretan feudal lord

Historical Notice: Venetian patrician house, including three doges of Venice (14th and 16th c.) and six dukes of Crete (15th, 16th and 17th c.). This particular coat-of-arms, supported by two lions, is to be found over the entrance of a church in the village of Prodromos and probably belongs to a member of the Veneto-Cretan branch of the family.

Notes: Photo Kostis Kallivretakis, 2006

Is Referenced By:

G. Gerola, Monumenti veneti nell’ isola di Creta, vol. 4,Venezia 1932-1940; G. Gerola, Monumenti veneti nell’ isola di Creta, vol. 2, Venezia 1908; M. I. Manousakas, «Η παρά Trivan απογραφή της Κρήτης (1644) και ο δήθεν κατάλογος των Κρητικών οίκων Κερκύρας» [«The sensus of Crete in Trivan's collection and the so-called list of Cretan families of Kerkyra», Κρητικά Χρονικά, v. 3ος, 1/1949, p. 35-59

Type:

Heraldic monument

Research Title:

Heraldic Monuments of Greece

Research Center:

Institute of Neohellenic Research/ National Hellenic Research Foundation

Research Supervisor:

Leonidas Kallivretakis

Rights Holder:

Institute of Neohellenic Research/ National Hellenic Research Foundation

Subjects:

Heraldic Monument

Coat of arms

Heraldry

Emblem