Official Sanctity alla Veneziana: Gerardo, Pietro Orseolo and Giacomo Salomani by Karen McCluskey

“…The situation in late-mediaeval Venice appears to be quite different. Despite the existence of an abundance of religious cults in Venice, in the 13th and 14th centuries only three local beati attained official recognition by the Republic: the bishop and martyr Gerardo da Venezia (d. 1046); the doge Pietro Orseolo (d. 976), and the Domincan friar Giacomo Salomani (d. 1314). …”
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Peter the Great's Venetian Policy and the Prut Campaign by A. O. Yastrebov

“…Before Sultan Ahmed III declared war, the Tsar sent two letters to the doge. They can be interpreted as a call to Venice to recognize the intermediate results of the Northern War and as an appeal to the republic's orthodox subjects to join Russia in the impending conflict. …”
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