Sebastiano Venier [SEP] position held
Sebastiano Venier
Sebastiano Venier (or Veniero) (c. 1496 – 3 March 1578) was Doge of Venice from 11 June 1577 to 3 March 1578. He is best remembered in his role as the Venetian admiral at the Battle of Lepanto.
Biography.
Venier was born in Venice around 1496. He was a son of Moisè Venier and Elena Donà, and a nephew of Zuan Francesco Venier, Co-Lord of Cerigo. He was a paternal grandson of Moisé Venier (ca. 1412 - ca. 1476
MV Sebastiano Veniero (1940)
MV "Sebastiano Veniero, formerly MV "Jason, (a.k.a. Jantzen, a.k.a. Sebastiano Venier, a.k.a. Sebastian Venier, a.k.a. SS Sebastian Venier) was a cargo and passenger motor ship that was built in Italian-ruled Fiume in 1940. In 1941 she was damaged by a Royal Navy submarine in the Mediterranean Sea, killing at least 300 UK and Dominion prisoners of war, and possibly many more. She did not sink but was beached on the coast of the Peloponnese