The Senate (Venetian: Senato), formally the Consiglio dei Pregadi or Rogati (lit. 'Council of the Invited', Latin: Consilium Rogatorum), was the main...

The savi del Consiglio dei Pregadi (lit. 'sages of the Council of the Invited'), also known as the savi grandi ('great sages'), were senior magistrates...

power alongside the Doge as the Judiciary, participating with the Consiglio dei Pregadi (Senate) in the state government and the legislative functions,...

Malo vijeće) (from 1238) and the Senate (Consilium rogatorum, Consiglio dei Pregadi, Vijeće umoljenih) from 1253. The head of the state was the Rector...

then he moved in Venice where he obtained the permission from the Consiglio dei Pregadi to enter in Budua (Budva), a town located in the mainland Albania...

political career in the Republic of Venice He was elected in the Consiglio dei Pregadi (the Senate) and he held also the office as one of the Savi di Terraferma...

Venice 1229 Jacopo Tiepolo is elected Doge The founding of the Consiglio dei Pregadi (Senate) 1249 – Marino Morosini is elected Doge 1252 – Reniero Zeno...

the Virgin and saints. The Senate Chamber was also known as the Sala dei Pregadi because the Doge asked the members of the Senate to take part in the...

The early name of the assembly was the Consiglio dei Pregadi (Council of pregadi) since the members were pregadi ('prayed', invited) to attend. See Besta...

alle decime, then, through a 400 ducat donation he secured access to the pregadi before purchasing for 8,000 ducats the office of procuratore de Supra,...

essentially all and essentially no power. Senate Also known as the Council of Pregadi, the Senate primarily held legislative power. Made up of around 300 members...

Great Council continued to meet in that room, later called the Hall of the Pregadi, until 1423. The rooms housing the services and organs related to the Great...