Son of Doge Angelo and former co-regent.
Giovanni's dogate was marked by internal struggles, but cheered by the construction of the Doge's Chapel, destined to preserve the remains of St. Mark, thus fulfilling the extreme wishes of his brother Justinian.
The first of the problems Giovanni Partecipazio had to face was the sudden return of the deposed doge Obelerio Antenoreo (804-810), predecessor of his father Angelo Partecipazio (810-827), after more than 20 years of absence and exile in Constantinople. Obelerio landed at Vigilia, an island near Malamocco that late
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