I “LA SERENISSIMA DOGARESSA DI VENEZIA”--“the Most Serene Duchess of Venice”--attained her highest dignity and splendour in the attractive personality of Signora Marina Galina da Santa Marina--the Consort of Doge Michele Steno. The reality of the “First Lady of Venice” had become more and more emphatic as each gracious wearer of the smaller _Corno_ had made her solemn Entry into the City. The ancient family of Galina, in 960, founded the Church and Monastery of San Felice, on the Campo of San Felice, a little way b…
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