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procurators could also be created in moments of financial constraint in exchange for monetary contributions to the treasury. This amounted to the periodic sale of the prestigious title. The number of procurators fluctuated thereafter: in 1521, there were eighteen. At times, the number rose to forty.
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specifically authorize a procurator to occupy a seat on any council. Subsequently, in 1388, it was established that only one procurator for each procuracy could hold another government office. But beginning in 1569, the procurators were allowed to serve as
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with the right to vote. Apart from extraordinary embassies to foreign courts, the procurators were also relieved from the obligation incumbent upon all nobles to accept political appointments, including on the
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belonging to the most influential families and typically represented the climax of a distinguished political career, although it was often an intermediate position prior to election as doge.
84:, the ducal chapel. Over time the number of procurators increased. A second was created in 1231 and a third in 1259. After 1261, there were four procurators, two of which, the procurators
93:, retained responsibility for the financial administration of the Church of Saint Mark, its upkeep, and its decoration as well as its treasury. The other two procurators, called
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Venetian patrician in the dress of a
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405:L'Archivio di Stato di Venezia…
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276:fall of the Republic of Venice
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38:(1550), elected procurator
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1176:Gothic architecture
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280:Patriarch of Venice
270:Patriarch of Venice
247:Saint Mark's Square
109:and its treasury),
77:operis Sancti Marci
1280:St Mark's Basilica
1228:Carnival of Venice
927:Lords of the Night
851:Savi di Terraferma
846:Savi del Consiglio
836:Signoria of Venice
812:promissione ducale
638:Chrysobull of 1082
603:Republic of Venice
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509:Da Mosto, Andrea,
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363:References
350:Da Mosto,
229:securities
133:Cannaregio
32:Tintoretto
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1191:Humanists
806:Dogaressa
706:Geography
440:Morresi,
256:, called
227:, and in
202:Functions
157:Dorsoduro
125:San Marco
1246:Category
1201:Painting
1011:Military
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784:Politics
744:Dalmatia
722:Sestieri
624:Timeline
242:de supra
233:deposits
179:Election
149:San Polo
144:sestieri
138:de ultra
129:Castello
119:sestieri
112:de citra
102:de supra
88:de supra
52:Venetian
40:de supra
1160:Culture
1091:Coinage
1075:Economy
972:Censori
619:History
612:History
258:ridotti
221:capital
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759:Cyprus
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717:Dogado
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155:, and
131:, and
64:nobles
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1101:Zecca
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769:Morea
764:Crete
303:Notes
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688:Fall
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