Giovanni Loredan

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Giovanni Loredan
Bishop of Capo d'Istria
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ProvinceIstria
DioceseDiocese of Capo d'Istria
Appointed21 November 1390
In office21 November 1390 - 22 April 1411
PredecessorLodovico Morosini
SuccessorCristoforo Zeno
Orders
Ordinationby Pope Boniface IX
Personal details
Died22 April 1411
Koper, Republic of Venice
BuriedCathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Previous post(s)Bishop of Castello

Giovanni Loredan (lat. Ioannes Lauredanus) was a Venetian nobleman of the Loredan family. He served as the Bishop of Capo d'Istria (today Koper, Slovenia) from 1390 until his death on 11 April 1411.[1]

From 1354 he was the presbyter of Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice. He was appointed Bishop of Capo d'Istria on 21 November 1390. According to several church chronologies, before that he was also a bishop in Venice, in what was then the Diocese of Castello. It is recorded that in 1391 he dedicated the church of St. George in Koper. He was buried in the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Koper. In some historical sources he is mentioned under the name of Giacomo or the Slovenian Jakob.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Ughelli, Ferdinando (1653). Italia Sacra. Rome.