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Pietro I Candiano

d. 887 · 9th century

Pietro I Candiano was Doge of Venice for a few months in 887, the first of the Candiano family to hold the office, which his descendants would dominate in the 10th century. He led a naval expedition against the Narentine pirates of the eastern Adriatic and was killed in battle with them on the Dalmatian coast in 887.

Pietro I Candiano
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