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'''Giovanni Soro''' (died [[1544]]) was a [[Venice|Venetian]] cipher secretary (appointed [[1506]]) and one of the first great Western [[Cryptography|cryptographers]].<ref name="Kahn">{{cite book |last=Kahn |first=David |authorlink=David Kahn |coauthors= |others= |title=The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet |year=1996 |publisher=Scribner |location= |id=ISBN 0684831309 |pages=109}}</ref> His reputation was so great that leaders of other states, including [[Pope Clement VII]], sent messages to him for cryptanalysis.<ref>{{cite book |last=Singh |first=Simon|authorlink=Simon Singh |coauthors= |others= |title=The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking |year=1999 |publisher=Fourth Estate|location= |id=ISBN ISBN 0-385-49531-5|pages=28}}</ref> He wrote a treatise on cryptography which has since been lost.<ref name="Kahn"/>
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