Agostino Barbarigo (admiral)
{{Short description|Italian nobleman (1516–1571)}}
{{Infobox military officer
| name = Agostino Barbarigo
| image = Agostino Barbarigo by Paolo Veronese, Cleveland Museum of Art.JPG
| caption = Agostino Barbarigo in a portrait by Paolo Veronese
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1516|1|22}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1571|10|09|1516|1|22}}
| death_place = Gulf of Patras, Ionian Sea
| allegiance = Republic of Venice
| rank = Admiral
| battles = War of Cyprus
- Battle of Lepanto{{KIA}}
| laterwork = Venetian Ambassador in France
}}
File:Lapanto formation.png, where both he and the commander of the opposing Turkish right wing, Mehmed Siroco, were killed in action.]]
Agostino Barbarigo (January 22, 1516 – October 9, 1571) was a Venetian nobleman who served numerous administrative and military assignments for Venice, including Venetian Ambassador in France (1554-1557).{{cite book|title=Veronese: Gods, heroes and allegories |last=Skira |year=2004 |place=New York}}{{Cite web|last=Stella|first=Aldo|year=1964|title=BARBARIGO, Agostino in "Dizionario Biografico"|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/agostino-barbarigo_res-257e6e5a-87e7-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51_(Dizionario-Biografico)|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-29|website=www.treccani.it|language=it-IT}}
Career and early life
Barbarigo was a Venetian noble of the Barbarigo family.{{Cite web|last=Garon|first=Emilio|date=October 13, 2019|title=La vittoria di Lepanto celebrata a Noventa|url=https://www.ilgiornaledivicenza.it/territori/area-berica/la-vittoria-di-lepanto-celebrata-a-noventa-1.7702998|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-29|website=Il Giornale di Vicenza.it}}
In 1567 Barbarigo was elected lieutenant of Cyprus but opted 2 months later for a different post.{{Cite web|last=Gullino|first=Giuseppe|year=1986|title=DANDOLO, Nicolò in "Dizionario Biografico"|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/nicolo-dandolo_(Dizionario-Biografico)|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-29|website=www.treccani.it|language=it-IT}}
= Lepanto =
As an experienced commander and second in command of the Venetian contingent, he led the Christian left wing, during the Battle of Lepanto.{{Cite book|last=Chesterton|first=G. K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KK0JDgAAQBAJ&q=%22Agostino+Barbarigo%22+lepanto&pg=PT42|title=Lepanto|date=2012-06-06|publisher=Ignatius Press|isbn=978-1-68149-292-6|language=en}}{{cite book|title=Lepanto 1571: the greatest naval battle of the Renaissance |first=Angus |last=Konstam |year=2003 |place=Oxford}}{{Cite book|last=Hanson|first=Victor Davis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XGr16-CxpH8C|title=Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power|date=2007-12-18|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-307-42518-8|language=en}} Although his galleys were victorious, he was mortally wounded by an arrow in the eye.{{cite book|title=The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571, Volume 161 |first=Kenneth Meyer |last=Setton |year=1984 |place=Philadelphia}}{{Cite book|last=Hopkins|first=T. C. F.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4a6ZetIufKcC&q=%22Agostino+Barbarigo%22+lepanto&pg=PA134|title=Confrontation at Lepanto: Christendom Vs. Islam|date=2007-06-26|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-0-7653-0539-8|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Grendler|first=Paul F.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sf3d7FXPNr4C&q=%22Agostino+Barbarigo%22+lepanto&pg=RA7-PA11|title=Renaissance Education Between Religion and Politics|date=2006-01-01|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-0-86078-989-5|language=en}} The leader of the Turkish right wing and Barbarigo's tactical opponent, Mehmed Siroco, was also killed in the battle.{{cite book|title=The lion of St. Mark: Venice: the story of a city from Attila to Napoleon |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781299134829 |url-access=registration |first=Aubrey |last=Feist |year=1971 |isbn=9781299134829 |place=Indianapolis}}
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Category:People of the Battle of Lepanto
Category:Deaths by arrow wounds
Category:Republic of Venice admirals
Category:Republic of Venice military personnel killed in action
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