Also known as Centranigo or Barbolano.
Pietro was descended from a noble family originally from Heraclea.
As soon as he was elected doge, he was forced to embark on a foreign policy made up of oppositions not only against the world powers of the time, i.e. the Eastern Roman Empire, the Holy Roman Empire and the papacy, but also against the Hungarian king who incited the Dalmatians to disobedience towards the Republic.
In 1032, after only a few years as Doge, the quarrels between the power-hungry families resurfaced, Peter Centranicus was deposed and
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