Loredana Marcello, Dogaressa of Venice, botanist, author

Loredana Marcello was a Dogaressa of Venice by marriage to the Doge Alvise I Mocenigo. She was an author of letters and poetry and studied botany, and was regarded as a model of an educated and cultivated renaissance woman in contemporary Venice.

December 12 is the 346th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 19 days remain until the end of the year.