Coat-of-arms of the house of Zorzi (Giorgi)
Settlement: Pyrgos Psilonerou (Kydonia-Hania, island of Crete)
Area: Church of Agii Apostoli
1530
Identification of the bearer: Matteo Zorzi, Veneto-Cretan feudal lord (16th century)
Historical Notice: Venetian patrician house, including a doge of Venice (14th c.), a duke of Crete (16th c.), bishops of the Roman Catholic Church and various other officials. This particular coat-of-arms belongs to Matteo Zorzi, son of Angelo, a Veneto-Cretan feudal lord in the Chania district of Crete.
Notes: Photo Kostis Kallivretakis, 2006
G. Gerola, Monumenti veneti nell’ isola di Creta, vol. 4,Venezia 1932-1940; 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
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