Bajamonte Tiepolo

Unhappy with the policies of the reigning Doge, Pietro Gradenigo, Tiepolo and other members of the leading families of the old aristocracy, the Querini (Marco and Piero) and the Badoer (former Partecipazio), organized a conspiracy, put into effect on 15 June 1310, the Feast of Saint Vitus, to overthrow the Doge and the Great Council of Venice.

According to a popular but historically unconfirmed tale, Tiepolo himself fled from the fight when his standard-bearer was killed by a stone mortar thrown down from a window by the elder woman named Giustina or Lucia Rossi.

Four hundred years later, in 1785, one Angelo Maria Querini purchased the column, leaving in its place a humble stone plaque that read: "Loc.

He participated in a battle against Ivan Nelipić on the side of his relative George II Šubić of Bribir in 1324 near Knin, during which they were defeated and imprisoned.

[2] The plot against the Doge led to the creation of the Council of Ten, initially as a temporary institution, but later evolved into a permanent body with the special task of preventing conspiracies and attempted coups.