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Orso Il Participazio (?-932) was the Doge of Venice from 912 to 932. For some thousand years, the chief magistrate and leader of the Republic of Venice was the Doge (Duke). ... Events Orso II Participazio becomes Doge of Venice Patriarch Nicholas I Mysticus becomes patriarch of Constantinople Births November 23 - Otto I the Great Holy Roman Emperor (+ 973) Abd-ar-rahman III - prince of the Umayyad dynasty Deaths Oleg of Kiev Categories: 912 ... Events Foundation of the St. ...


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NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Doges of Venice (698 words)
This was done by casting a ring from the state barge, the Bucentaur, into the Adriatic.
In its earlier form this ceremony was instituted to commemorate the conquest of Dalmatia by Doge Pietro II Orseolo in 1000, and was celebrated on Ascension Day.
It took its later and more magnificent form after the visit of pope Alexander II and the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I to Venice in 1177.
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