A patrician family originally from Rome that did not have the good fortune to elect a Doge, but can count primary ecclesiastical personalities among its descendants.The members of the family stood out for their commendable humanistic education, being little inclined toward political affairs but interested in commerce, exploration, science, and theatre.The dynasty, whose members claimed illustrious Roman ancestry under the surname Balbo, expanded into Liguria, Piedmont, Milan, Ravenna, Chiari, Aquileia, and Venice.In Venice, there were two existing lineages: one, coming from Aquileia in the 8th
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