A patrician family originally from Rome that did not have the good fortune to elect any doge, but can count primary ecclesiastical personalities among its descendants.
The members of the family stood out for their commendable humanistic education, little inclined to political affairs but interested in commerce, exploration, science and theater.
The dynasty, whose members said they had illustrious Roman descendants with the surname Balbo, expanded into Liguria, Piedmont, Milan, Ravenna, Chiari, Aquileia and Venice.
In Venice there were two existing s
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