Francesco Barbaro
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Francesco Barbaro (1390–1454) was an important humanist in Venice of the patrician Barbaro family.
He was the son of Candiano Barbaro. He was a student at the University of Padua. Early in his career, he translated Greek texts into Latin. He was elected to the Venetian Senate in 1419. He wrote De re uxoria, inspired by ancient Latin and Greek sources. While governor of the city of Brescia he attained great reputation in his defence of the city against the forces of the Duke of Milan.
He is interred in the Church of the Frari, Venice. [1]
His son Zaccaria Barbaro, a senator, died in 1492 and is interred with epigraph in the church of San Francesco della Vigna.[2]. He was the father of the scholar Ermolao Barbaro and Alvise Barbaro, Cavalier, Procurator, and Provveditore al Sal[3]. The Villa Barbaro was dedicated to Francesco Barbaro by Daniele Barbaro and Marcantonio Barbaro.
