Marco Antonio Bragadin
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Marc Antonio Bragadin (Venice, 21 April 1523 - Famagusta, 17 August 1571) was the Christian commander of forces at Famagusta which fell to the Islamic Ottoman Turks in August 1571.
T. C. F. Hopkins, in his book "Confrontation at Lepanto", described Bragadin's demise as including flaying and then having his corpse stuffed with straw and sent to the sultan.
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