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Orso Ipato

d. 737 · 8th century · Also known as Ursus

Orso Ipato was the third Doge of Venice in tradition but the first whose existence is securely attested, elected in 726 by the lagoon communities during the Iconoclast disputes. He helped the Byzantines recover Ravenna from the Lombards and received the honorary title of hypatos (consul) from the emperor. He was killed in internal strife in 737.

Orso Ipato
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