The Condulmer were a
Venetian
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family originally from
Pavia
Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the capit ...
. Originally wealthy commoners, the different branches of the family were only slowly admitted to the
Venetian nobility. Marco Condulmer, a bread merchant, is recorded in 1297.
[Pietro Bosmin]
"Condulmer"
'' Enciclopedia Italiana'' (Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 1931). In 1381, Jacopo Condulmer of the Domenico branch was ennobled for his contributions to the treasury during the
War of Chioggia in 1379.
[ The Fernovelli branch was ennobled with the election of one of its own, Gabriele, as Pope Eugene IV in 1431.][ Still, in 1528, Zuan Francesco Condulmer had his name crossed out in the '' Libro d'Oro'' for his failure to prove his nobility. A third branch of the family, the Angelo, was ennobled only at the time of the ]Cretan War (1645–1669)
The Cretan War ( el, Κρητικός Πόλεμος, tr, Girit'in Fethi), also known as the War of Candia ( it, Guerra di Candia) or the Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War, was a conflict between the Republic of Venice and her allies (chief among ...
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Notable members
*Angelo Condulmer, founded the hospital of Sant'Agnesina in 1383, father of Gabriele
*Polissena Condulmer, married a Barbo, mother of Paolo Barbo (1416–1462)
Paolo Barbo (1416–1462) was a Venetian patrician, diplomat and statesman. An educated Renaissance humanism, humanist of the well connected Barbo family, Barbo and Condulmer families, he was the nephew of Pope Eugene IV and the brother of Pope Pau ...
and Pietro Barbo (Pope Paul II
Pope Paul II ( la, Paulus II; it, Paolo II; 23 February 1417 – 26 July 1471), born Pietro Barbo, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States
from 30 August 1464 to his death in July 1471. When his maternal uncle Eugene IV ...
, 1417–1471)
* Gabriele Condulmer (1383–1447), served as Pope Eugene IV from 1431
*Francesco Condulmer
Francesco Condulmer (1390 – 30 October 1453) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
He was made cardinal on 19 September 1431 by his uncle, Pope Eugenius IV, and accumulated many offices and dignities. He was Camerlengo of the Holy Roman ...
(1390–1453), cardinal
* (1405/8–1460/5), bishop and patriarch
* Antonio Condulmer (1452–1528), politician and diplomat
* Elisabetta Condulmer (died 1538), courtesan
*Giovanni Francesco Condulmer, ''podestà
Podestà (, English: Potestate, Podesta) was the name given to the holder of the highest civil office in the government of the cities of Central and Northern Italy during the Late Middle Ages. Sometimes, it meant the chief magistrate of a city ...
'' of Oderzo in 1577[Patricia Fortini Brown, ''Private Lives in Renaissance Venice: Art, Architecture, and the Family'' (Yale University Press, 2004), pp. 128–129 (with an image of his commission bound in tooled gilt leather).]
* Tommaso Condulmer (1759–1823), naval officer
See also
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References
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Venetian noble families