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The following is a list of all 120 of the Doges of Venice ordered by the dates of their reigns.. For more than 1,000 years, the chief magistrate and leader of the city of Venice and later of the Most Serene Republic of Venice was styled the Doge, a rare but not unique Italian title derived from the Latin Dux.
The Doge (from Latin dux "leader") was the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice (until 1797) and Genoa (until 1805). The Signoria was considered a very important body of government, more important than the Doge himself.
The Doge of Venice (/ d oʊ dʒ / DOHJ) [2] [a] was the highest role of authority within the Republic of Venice (697 CE to 1797 CE). [3] The word Doge derives from the Latin Dux, meaning "leader," originally referring to any military leader, becoming in the Late Roman Empire the title for a leader of an expeditionary force formed by detachments (vexillationes) from the frontier army ...
He was born in Cosenza on 19 November 1822, the eldest son of Domenico, Baron of Pietramala and of Rosa Maria Mollo, daughter of Baron Saverio. He came from a branch of the old aristocratic Savelli family. He studied in Cosenza, showing an uncommon ability to learn, and at the Federico II University of Naples, graduating in law. [1] [3]
Giovanni Falcone (Italian: [dʒoˈvanni falˈkoːne]; 18 May 1939 – 23 May 1992) was an Italian judge and prosecuting magistrate. [1] [2] From his office in the Palace of Justice in Palermo, Sicily, he spent most of his professional life trying to overthrow the power of the Sicilian Mafia.
The position of stipendiary magistrate in New Zealand was renamed in 1980 to that of district court judge. The position was often known simply as "magistrate" or with the postnominal initials "SM" in newspapers' court reports. In the late 1990s, a position of community magistrate was created for District Courts on a trial basis. A community ...
Mauro Del Giudice (20 May 1857, in Rodi Garganico – 14 February 1951, in Rome) was an Italian magistrate, jurist and writer. Mauro Del Giudice. Biography
Rosario Angelo Livatino (Italian pronunciation: [roˈzaːrjo livaˈtiːno]; 3 October 1952 – 21 September 1990) was an Italian magistrate who was murdered by the Stidda, a Sicilian Mafia-type criminal organization.