 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Apostolo Zeno akaberekerwa muVenice kune bazi rekoloni yemhuri yaZeno, mhuri yekare yeVenetian patrician. Mhuri yake yakanga yatamiswa kubva kuVenice kuenda kuUmambo hweCandia muzana remakore rechi13 kuitira kuti ichengetedze kurongeka kweVenetian uye kudzvinyirira chero vanhu vanopandukira. Pashure pokurwiswa kwechitsuwaneUmambo hweOttoman, nhengo dzasara dzemhuri yake dzakadzokera kuVenice. Pakudzoka vakanga vasingabvumirwizve kupinda muboka ravakuru vakuru, asi vaigona bedzi kuwana nzvimbo sevanhuwo zvavo. Baba vake vakanga vari Pietro Zeno, chiremba, uye amai vake, Caterina Sevasto, vaiva vomumhuri ine mukurumbira uye ine simba yokuCandia, muCrete. 