Already ambassador in Avignon to Pope Clement V first and John XXII later, he was the architect of the withdrawal of the interdict against the Republic (1311).
A fine diplomat - and in Venice diplomacy was already considered 'an authentic science' that followed clear, precise and clear-cut instructions - Francesco Dandolo also knew how to respond militarily when diplomacy did not achieve results, as in the resolution of issues concerning the lords of Verona, the Scaligeri, who had taken over from the Ezzelino da Romano and who made claims on the Venetian hinterland first with Ca
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