Editing Ermolao Barbaro (section)

==Career==
Barbaro had an active political career, though he resented these duties as a distraction from his studies.<ref name=valer/>  In 1483 he was elected to the [[Venetian Senate|Senate]] of the [[Republic of Venice]].<ref name=biet/>  He was twenty when he gave the funeral oration for Doge [[Nicholas Marcello]] in 1474.<ref name=mich/>

In 1486, he was sent to the court of the [[Duchy of Burgundy]] in [[Bruges]].<ref name=biet/><ref name=rose/>  In 1488 he held the important civil post of ''[[Savio di Terrafirma]]''.<ref name=biet/>  In 1489 he was appointed ambassador to the [[Duchy of Milan]]<ref name=valer/><ref name=biet/><ref name=rose/> and in 1490 he was appointed Ambassador to the [[Holy See]].<ref name=valer/><ref name=biet/><ref name=mich/>  In 1491, [[Pope Innocent VIII]], nominated him to the office of [[Patriarch of Aquileia]].<ref name=valer/><ref name=biet/><ref name=mich/><ref name=rose/> 

[[File:Accademia - Incontro dei pellegrini con papa Ciriaco - Vittore Carpaccio.jpg|thumb|Carpaccio's ''Pilgrims Meet the Pope''. Barbaro in red in centre.]]

It was illegal under Venetian law for ambassadors to accept gifts or positions of foreign heads of state.  There was also a dispute between Venice and the Papacy as to who should nominate Patriarchs of Aquileia.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=pTO71vid9hUC&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA297|title=Memoirs of Angelus Politianus Joannes|year=1805|publisher=R. and W. Dean}}</ref> Barbaro was accused of treason and the Venetian Senate ordered him to refuse the position.<ref name=valer/><ref name=biet/><ref name=mich/><ref name=rose/> Pope Innocent and his successor [[Alexander VI]] threatened to excommunicate Barbaro if he resigned as Patriarch of Aquileia.<ref name=valer/><ref name=biet/>

The Venetian Senate revoked Barbaro's appointment as ambassador and exiled him from Venice.<ref name=valer/><ref name=biet/> They threatened the same for his father, Zaccaria, as well as confiscation of both men's property, but Zaccaria died shortly afterwards.<ref name=mich/><ref name=rose/>

Barbaro then lived in a [[Roman villa]] on the [[Pincian Hill]] belonging to his brothers Daniele and Ludovico.  He died there of the [[bubonic plague|plague]] in 1493 and was buried at the church of [[Santa Maria del Popolo]]. [[Ferdinando Ughelli]] mentions an inscription to Barbaro there, but it was lost by 1758.  [[Piero Valeriano Bolzani|Valeriano]] wrote a tribute to Barbaro.<ref name=valer/>