Arsenio Duodo was a member of the Venetian patrician Duodo family. Arsenio Duodo married Francesca Gabriel, daughter of Giovanni Gabriel in 1415. He was Patron for the Convoy of Alexandria in 1412, the Convoy of Flanders in 1422, and the Convoy of Aigues Mortes in 1422. In 1431, he was

Sopracomito A (plural ) was the captain of a galley in the Venetian navy. Elected from among those among the Venetian patriciate who already had some naval experience, the was an important position and stepping-stone in the naval of the Republic of Venice. ...

(commander of a galley) in the

Venetian navy The Venetian navy () was the navy of the Venetian Republic which played an important role in the history of the republic and the Mediterranean world. It was the premier navy in the Mediterranean Sea for many centuries between the medieval and ea ...

. In 1434, his daughter Cenone (Nona) Duodo married

Giosafat Barbaro Giosafat Barbaro (also spelled ''Giosaphat'' or ''Josaphat''; 1413–1494) was a member of the Venetian Barbaro family. He was a diplomat, merchant, explorer and travel writer.

. In July 1436, Arsenio Duodo was elected Consul to Tana. The captains of the trade galleys initially refused to continue past Constantinople, though they eventually did reach Tana. Initially, Consul Duodo had to stay in Constantinople at his own expense and was not reimbursed by the Senate until two years later. In 1438, the

Great Horde The Great Horde (, ''Uluğ Orda'') was the rump state of the Golden Horde that existed from the mid-15th century to 1502. It was centered at the core of the former Golden Horde at Sarai on the lower Volga. Both the Khanate of Astrakhan and the ...

under

Küchük Muhammad Muḥammad bin Tīmūr (Chagatai language and Persian: محمد بن تیمور), better known by his alias Küchük Muḥammad ( Kypchak: کچک محمد, Turki: کچیک محمد, Persian: کوچک محمد); 28 June 1391 – 1459) was Khan of ...

advanced on Tana. Consul Duodo sent his son-in-law Giosafat Barbaro as an emissary to the Tatars to persuade them not to attack Tana.''Mehmed the Conqueror & His Time''
Franz Babinger, Trans. Ralph Manheim, Princeton University Press; 1992, p.319 In 1448, he was nominated by his son-in-law, Giosafat Barbaro, for the office of

Bailo of Constantinople A bailo, also spelled baylo (pl. / ) was a diplomat who oversaw the affairs of the Republic of Venice in Istanbul, Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, and was a permanent fixture in the city around 1454. The traumatic outcomes of ...

. In 1460, Arsenio Duodo was one of the

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of Doge

Pasquale Malipiero file: Interior of Santi Giovanni e Paolo (Venice) - Monument to the doge Pasquale Malipiero.jpg, Monument Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, In San Giovanni e Paolo Pasquale Malipiero, called the ''dux pacificus'' (1392 in Venice – May 5, 146 ...

. He was one of the electors of Doge

Cristoforo Moro Cristoforo Moro (1390 – November 10, 1471) was the 67th Doge of Venice. He reigned from 1462 to 1471. Family The Moro family settled in Venice in the 5th century when Stephanus Maurus, a great-grandson of Maurus, built a church on the island ...

in 1462.

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