Venice, 1400
DH:
Antonio Giovanni Vercesi
DW:
Caterina Lucrezia Vercesi (née Meoni)
DS:
Antonio Giovanni, II
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Years ago, a pope whose name has been lost to time was part of a surreptitious affair with a young noblewoman. The pope was little-known and the woman’s family belonged to the lower ranks of Venetian court, so this dalliance continued for quite a while with no suspicion. Until, the woman gave birth to a son - a man now known as
Giovanni Vercesi. He grew to be a clever young man, and having been given a small fortune from his father, soon started an impressive bank just north of his home Venice. As such, the family bank was passed to his son, his grandson, and great-grandson
Antonio Giovanni. The latter, now with his kind wife
Caterina and kinder son
Antonio II, is in a state of comfortable wealth.