Incisione raffigurante il doge Michele Morosini

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He was 74 years old (he was born in 1308), he was educated, very rich, had made his fortune from trading and during the Chioggia War (1379-1381) had speculated on the purchase of houses sold off by owners in need of money.

He had also spent a few days in jail in his youth for behaving like most of the spoilt young men.

In his youth, he had also spent a few days in jail for behaving like most spoilt boy-women of the time: going at night to do shenanigans, i.e. getting under the blankets of poor girls or nuns and abusing them.

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