Girolamo Cappello was a Venetian ambassador and Bailo

Bailo

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Cappello's first appointment as a Venetian ambassador came in 1567 when he was appointed Ambassador to Austria. From 1570-1573 Ambassador to Savoy, then for a short time Ambassador to Poland. From 1576-1579 he was Ambassador to France. He served in some temporary ambassadorships and then was a member of the council that elected the Doge

Doge of Venice

The Doge of Venice , often mistranslated Duke was the chief magistrate and leader of the Most Serene Republic of Venice for over a thousand years. Doges of Venice were elected for life by the city-state's aristocracy. Commonly the person selected as Doge was the shrewdest elder in the city...

 prior to his appointment as Bailo

Bailo

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in 1589.

Sources

• Eric R. Dursteler. "The Bailo in Constantinople: Crisis and Career in Venice’s Early Modern Diplomatic Corps" in Mediterranean Historical Review Vol. 16 (2001): 1-25.