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Dogaressa Elena

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Elena was the Dogaressa of Venice by marriage to the Doge Agnello Participazio (r. 811-827 CE).[1] She is believed to have been Byzantine.[2] Her death date is unknown.

Life

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Elena commissioned the erection of Santa Giustina, Venice, situated in the Calle de Te Deum. Along with her husband Agnello and son Giustiniano Participazio, she founded the monasteries of Sant'Ilario and San Zaccaria, and she is believed to have been buried in the latter.

She was reputed to have an interest in cultivating flowers.

Children

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With Agnello, Elena had two sons:

References

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  1. ^ The Spectator. F.C. Westley. 1910.
  2. ^ Lăţcan, George Marian (2017). "THE FIRST DOGES OF VENICE, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BYZANTINE ADMINISTRATION". Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Theologia Orthodoxa. LXII (2): 61–66. doi:10.24193/subbto.2017.2.05. ISSN 2065-9474.
  3. ^ Stefani, Guglielmo (1854). Dizionario corografico-universale dell'Italia: Dizionario corografico del Veneto / compilato da alcuni dotti sotto la direzione di Guglielmo Stefani (in Italian). Civelli.
Political offices
Preceded by Dogaressa of Venice Succeeded by