A sopracomito (plural sopracomiti) was the captain of a galley in the Venetian navy.[a] Elected from among those among the Venetian patriciate who already had some naval experience, the sopracomito was an important position and stepping-stone in the naval cursus honorum of the Republic of Venice. It entailed considerable responsibilities for crewing and maintaining a galley as well as great expenses, which made it increasingly the province of the wealthier patricians.
^Mocenigo 1935, p. 24.
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