Italy/Venice: Francesco Duodo (16 December 1518 – 16 November 1592), Admiral of the Republic of Venice and Captain of Brescia, receiving a palm leaf from a female saint holding a pine cone, beneath a vision of the Holy Spirit. Illustration, 16th century. For centuries Venice was Europe’s prime trading partner with the Middle East and the Byzantine Empire in particular. Venetian naval and commercial power was unrivalled in Europe until it lost a series of wars to the Ottoman armies in the 15th century. The city lost some 50,000 people to the Black Death in 1575-1577.

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