Marc'Antonio Zondadari

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Marc'Antonio Zondadari
Grand Master of the Order of Saint John
In office 13 January 1720 – 16 June 1722
Monarch	King Victor Amadeus King Charles IV
Preceded by	Ramon Perellos y Roccaful
Succeeded by	António Manoel de Vilhena
Personal details
Born	1658 Siena, Tuscany (modern Italy)
Died	16 June 1722 Malta
Resting place	St. John's Co-Cathedral
Nationality	Italian
Military service
Allegiance	Order of Saint John

Fra' Marc'Antonio Zondadari (1658 − 16 June 1722), from Siena, was the 65th Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta, from 1720, after the death of Fra Ramon Perellos y Roccaful, till his own death in 1722.

From 1702 onwards Zondadari lived in Palazzo Carniero in Valletta, which later became known as Auberge de Bavière.^[1]

Although his reign only lasted for two years, he was popular with the Maltese. During his reign Carnival traditions were strengthened with the establishment of the .

His body is buried in a magnificent monument by Massimiliano Soldani Benzi in the St. John's Co-Cathedral while his heart was buried in his native Siena, much to the dismay of the Maltese. This monument is baroque work of art in bronze and marble which shows the Grand Master reclining. This is the only monument found in nave of the church because it did not fit in the chapel of the langue of Italy.^[2]

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  Palazzo Carniero, where Zondadari lived from 1702 to 1722

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  The Banca Giuratale, which was reconstructed by Zondadari in 1721

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  Funerary monument of Zondadari in the nave of St. John's Co-Cathedral

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External links[]

• Coins of Grandmaster Marcantonio Zondadari

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