Giovanni I di Murta, second doge of the Republic of Genoa

Giovanni I di Murta

2nd Doge of Genoa from 1345 to 1350

Giovanni di Murta was the second Doge of Genoa following the resignation of Simone Boccanegra, on 25 December 1345. His dogate was dominated by his attempts to break the circle of political violence which had crippled the city over the past century and to reassert Genoese…