Paolo Lucio Anafesto

Birth date unknown, died 717 CE

Paolo Lucio Anafesto was, according to tradition, the first Doge of Venice, serving from 697 to 717. A noble of Eraclea, then the primary city of the region, he was elected in 697 as an official over the entire lagoon that surrounded Venice. His job was to both put an end to the conflicts between the various tribunes who until then had governed the differing parts and to coordinate the defense against the Lombards and the Slavs who were encroaching on their settlements. However, Anafesto's existence is uncorroborated by any source before the 11th century.

Subject ID: 133515

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Birth date unknown, died 717 CE

Paolo Lucio Anafesto was, according to tradition, the first Doge of Venice, serving from 697 to 717. A noble of Eraclea, then the primary city of the region, he was elected in 697 as an official over the entire lagoon that surrounded Venice. His job was to both put an end to the conflicts between the various tribunes who until then had governed the differing parts and to coordinate the defense against the Lombards and the Slavs who were encroaching on their settlements. However, Anafesto's existence is uncorroborated by any source before the 11th century.

Subject ID: 133515

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