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bailo |
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The Venetian representative at Constantinople. The bailo (from baiulus, tutor or protector) was part ambassador, part consul, and part governor of the large Venetian trading colony in the city; he held the most important post in the Venetian diplomatic service. In 1453, when Constantinople fell to the sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed II, the bailo actually fought alongside his co-religionists on the walls of the city and was beheaded (along with his son) for his pains. Nevertheless, within a year the conqueror had permitted a new appointment to the bailage of Constantinople. |
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