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In this section I have gathered information regarding the famous Venetian Admiral Vettor Pisani who was one of Venice's bravest sea farers and protectors of the Republic. This original text is in Italian. I have provided an English translation towards the bottom
 Di ritorno a Venezia, Pisani fu condannato ma, nello stesso anno, il popolo veneziano chiese e ottenne la sua liberazione. Fu, dunque, nominato nuovamente capitano generale del mare per contrastare la pressione genovese che minacciava Venezia. Riuscì a fermare le navi di Doria nel Canale di Brontolo e vinse i genovesi a Chioggia nel 1380. Inviato dalla Serenissima Repubblica a respingere un nuovo attacco genovese diretto all’Istria e alla Dalmazia, Pisani, colpito da una malattia, trovò la morte a Manfredonia durante l’inseguimento della flotta nemica. La salma di Vettor Pisani fu trasportata a Venezia dove fu inumata con grandi onori nella chiesa di San Antonio, poi rasa al suolo secoli più tardi dalle truppe napoleoniche. Le sue spoglie si trovano nella chiesa dei Santissimi Giovanni e Paolo a Venezia. In 1378 he was in command of the Venetian fleet during the fourth war of La Serenissima Repubblica against the Genovese. At Porto d'Anzio - 10th May 1378 - he clashed with ten Genovese galleys commanded by Luigi Fieschi and he defeated and captured four of them. Later he was entrusted with twenty five galleys to capture the Genovese fleet in the Adriatic sea, which was 22 galleys strong. The decisive battle took place in the Polar sea where the Venetian galleys of Pisani were defeated by the Genovese of Pietro Doria. Upon return to Venice, Pisani was condemned but, in the same year, the Venetian church people obtained his freedom. He was, therefore, the newly nominated Captain General of the sea to counteract the Genovese pressure that threatened Venice. He managed to stop the boats of Doria in the Brontolo canal and defeated the Genovese at Chioggia in 1380. Sent from La Serenissima Repubblica to fend off a new Genovese attack direct to Istri and to Dalmatia, Pisani, stricken with an illness, was to find his death in Manfredonia during the pursuit of the enemy fleet. The body of Vettor Pisani was transported to Venice where he was interred with grand honours in the church of Saint Anthony, then burned to the ground centuries later by Napoleonic troops. His remains can be found in the church of Saint John and Saint Paul in Venice.
 Liberation of Vettor Pisani by Francesco Hayez
 The apotheosis of Admiral Vettor Pisani, c. 1743 by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (fresco found at Palazzo Pisani Moretta) |