Tradition relates that the Bragadins came from the island of Veglia, today known as Krk in Croatia, of which they were lords, and numbers them among the twenty-four tribunician houses that elected the first doge Paoluccio Anafesto.[1] Other traditions claim that they arrived in the Lagoon in 800 and that, originally called Barbalin, they changed their surname and coat of arms in 890.[2]
Remaining included in the patriciate after the ordinances of the Great Council Lockout in 1297 established which families were part of the hereditary nobility of the council,[1] the family was always represented in the highest offices of the Republic of Venice, especially between the 15th- and the 16th-century, but also gave numerous ecclesiastics and men of culture.[3]
Among the many more illustrious personalities, mention should be made of Vittore, defender and then reconqueror of Verona during the war against Filippo Maria Visconti; Andrea, distinguished himself in the taking of Cyprus; Marcantonio Bragadin, distinguished himself in the defense of Famagusta against the Turks and became the emblem of Venetian martyrdom in the struggle against the Turks; Domenico, lecturer in philosophy, theology and mathematics, teacher of Luca Pacioli; Alvise Bragadin, who opened a famous Jewish typography.[3]
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