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Giovanni Loredan
Giovanni Loredan (lat. Ioannes Lauredanus) was a Venetian nobleman of the Loredan family. He served as the Bishop of Capo d'Istria (today Koper, Slovenia) from 1390 until his death on 11 April 1411.[1]
Giovanni Loredan | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Capo d'Istria | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Province | Istria |
| Diocese | Diocese of Capo d'Istria |
| Appointed | 21 November 1390 |
| In office | 21 November 1390 - 22 April 1411 |
| Predecessor | Lodovico Morosini |
| Successor | Cristoforo Zeno |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | by Pope Boniface IX |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 22 April 1411 Koper, Republic of Venice |
| Buried | Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Castello |
From 1354 he was the presbyter of Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice. He was appointed Bishop of Capo d'Istria on 21 November 1390. According to several church chronologies, before that he was also a bishop in Venice, in what was then the Diocese of Castello. It is recorded that in 1391 he dedicated the church of St. George in Koper. He was buried in the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Koper. In some historical sources he is mentioned under the name of Giacomo or the Slovenian Jakob.[1]
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