Bragadin family

Tradition relates that the Bragadins came from the island of Veglia, today known as Krk in Croatia, of which they were lords, and numbers them among the twenty-four tribunician houses that elected the first doge Paoluccio Anafesto.[1] Other traditions claim that they arrived in the Lagoon in 800 and that, originally called Barbalin, they changed their surname and coat of arms in 890.[2]

Remaining included in the patriciate after the ordinances of the Great Council Lockout in 1297 established which families were part of the hereditary nobility of the council,[1] the family was always represented in the highest offices of the Republic of Venice, especially between the 15th- and the 16th-century, but also gave numerous ecclesiastics and men of culture.[3]

Among the many more illustrious personalities, mention should be made of Vittore, defender and then reconqueror of Verona during the war against Filippo Maria Visconti; Andrea, distinguished himself in the taking of Cyprus; Marcantonio Bragadin, distinguished himself in the defense of Famagusta against the Turks and became the emblem of Venetian martyrdom in the struggle against the Turks; Domenico, lecturer in philosophy, theology and mathematics, teacher of Luca Pacioli; Alvise Bragadin, who opened a famous Jewish typography.[3]

Ca' Bragadin Carabba - Rio San Lio, Venice

• Bartolomeo Bragadin poet, died in 1507; his tomb is located on the counter-façade of the church of Santi Pietro e Paolo in Venice;
• Marcantonio Bragadin (1523 – 1571), soldier;
• Marcantonio Bragadin (1591 - 1658) cardinal;
• Matteo Bragadin (1689 – 1767), politician;
• Vincenzo Bragadin (1691 - 1762), bishop;
• Giovanni Bragadin (1699 - 1775), patriarch of Venice;
• Marcantonio Bragadin (1906 - 1986), admiral;
• Vittorio Bragadin (1920 - 1941), pilot, gold medal for Military Valor

• Derived from Italian wikipedia entry