• Marco Bembo (c.1230–1296), politician, diplomat and military man. He was at the head of the crusading squad gathered in
Ancona by
Giovanni Dandolo. While he was
bailo of Constantinople, he was imprisoned and murdered by the Genoese after Ruggero Morosini attacked their colony of Pera. • Francesco Bembo († post 1427), politician and military man. Captain of the general army in the Po in 1426, he was the architect of the memorable naval action of Cremona against
Filippo Maria Visconti. • Francesco Bembo († 1416), clergyman. He was primicerius of San Marco and in 1412 opened the process of canonization of
Catherine of Siena, authorizing the preaching in honor of the saint. • Beata Illuminata Bembo († 1493), abbess of the monastery of
Corpus Domini in
Bologna, wrote ''Specchio d'illuminazione'', biography of
Saint Catherine of Bologna, in which she described, among other things, the prodigious events she was present at during the exhumation of the saint. •
Bernardo Bembo (1433–1519), humanist and politician. •
Pietro Bembo (1470–1547), son of Bernardo, cardinal and famous scholar. •
Giovanni Bembo (1543–1618), doge of Venice from 1615 to his death. • Dardi Bembo (?–?), politician and
man of letters. Captain of Vicenza in 1580 and
mayor of Treviso in 1589, he was known as a translator of
Plato. For him
Tiberio Tinelli painted a
Presentazione e disputa al tempio and a
triptych on canvas with the
Birth of the Baptist, the
Baptist in the Desert, and the
Baptism of Christ (
Nascita del Battista,
il Battista nel Deserto,
Battesimo di Cristo). •
Antonia Padoani Bembo (1640–1720), singer and composer at the court of
Louis XIV. •
Giovanni Francesco Bembo (1659–1720), clergyman. He was
bishop of Belluno from 1694 to his death. •
Pier Luigi Bembo Salamon (1823–1882), politician. He was senator of the
Kingdom of Italy and
mayor of Venice. Giovanni Bembo.jpg|The doge
Giovanni Bembo Titian - Portrait of Pietro Bembo - WGA22949.jpg|Cardinal
Pietro Bembo Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Chapel St Mauro - Illuminata Bembo.jpg|
Blessed Illuminata Bembo Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Beato Leone Bembo.jpg|
Blessed Leone Bembo Portret van ambassadeur Dardi Bembo, RP-P-1909-5157 (cropped).jpg|Dardi Bembo ==References==