Paolo Barbo (1416–1462)

Born in 1416, Paolo was the eldest son of Niccolò Barbo and Polissena Condulmer.

[5] He was forced into exile by the Signoria between 1458 and 1459 for failing to persuade his brother not to accept the diocese of Padua.

Barbo implicitly recognizes the universal power of the emperor and ends by paying homage to the empress, Eleanor of Portugal.

[7] The second was delivered at Brescia in 1455 when he and Giovanni Moro handed command of the army to the condottiere Bartolomeo Colleoni.

The third speech was delivered before King Louis XI of France at Tours on 8 December 1461, during his embassy.

[1] There are surviving letters addressed to him by Andrea Fiocchi, Niccolò Barbo, Ludovico Foscarini and Maffeo Vallaresso.

His learning was praised by Flavio Biondo, Poggio Bracciolini, Francesco Contarini, Bernardo Giustiniani and Zaccaria Trevisan [it].

In addition, a certain Aurelio Trebanio dedicated his De libertate to him and Porcelio Pandone [it] some of his poetry.