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Patriarchate of Aquileia, Italy, Antonio II Panciera di Portogruaro, 1402 - 1412
At the end of the 4th century, Ausonius counted Aquileia as ninth among the great cities of the world. However, such prominence made it a target and it was repeatedly sacked. In 452, Attila and his Huns so utterly destroyed the city that the inhabitants fled en masse to the lagoons, and laying the foundation for Venice. Aquileia would rise again, though much diminished, and would it be sacked and raided over and over, while the Roman ruins were continually pillaged for building material. In the 11th century, The Holy Roman Emperor gave the region to the patriarch as a feudal possession. However, the patriarch's temporal authority was constantly disputed by the territorial nobility. In 1027 and 1044 Patriarch Poppo of Aquileia, who rebuilt the cathedral of Aquileia, sacked neighboring Grado. In the 14th century the Patriarchal State reached its largest extension, stretching from the Piave river to the Julian Alps and northern Istria. In 1445, defeated by Venice, patriarch Ludovico Trevisan acquiesced in the loss of his temporal estate in return for an annual salary of 5,000 ducats. The Patriarchal State was incorporated in the Republic of Venice with the name of Patria del Friuli, ruled by a provveditore generale or a luogotenente living in Udine.WO89011. Silver denaro, CNI VI p 37, 7; Bernardi Aquileia 67; Biaggi 191, VF, well centered on a tight flan, light toning, Aquileia mint, weight 0.731g, maximum diameter 17.2mm, die axis 0o, 1402 - 1412; obverse + AnTOnIVS * PATRIARCH (rosette stop), Patriarchal coat-of-arms consisting of a shield horizontally unequally divided; in the upper part there is a diagonal band of three checkered rows; in the lower part is a star with seven rays; reverse *AQV * ILE * GEn * SIS (stops are stars with eight rays around a central pellet), eagle of Aquileia facing, head left braking an inner border of dots, with wings displayed; SOLD
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