Alvise Michiel (, 1513 – 1582) was an

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clergyman and

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for the

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by Giovanni Delfino (bishop of

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) on 17 November 1566 in the church of

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. On 3 August 1575 he obtained the appointment of a

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. In 1580 he was taken to trial charged by the

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of embezzlement in acting as executor of a will, but the

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fiercely protected him, excommunicating the prosecutor and asking for a formal apology from the Republic. Since 1575 Alvise Michiel retired to

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, where he died on 25 September 1582.

References

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