Translation of a letter from pope Adrian I to Charlemagne, about the expulsion of all Venetians from the lands of the former Exarchate.
Mauricius and Giovanni Galbaio were the seventh and eighth doges of Venice. Together, they ruled the duchy for almost four decades.
The events around the demise of the Exarchate of Ravenna only involved the Venetians marginally. It is nevertheless important to the history of Venice.