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Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice

Coordinates: 45°26′21″N 12°20′32″E / 45.4392°N 12.3421°E / 45.4392; 12.3421
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Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Castello
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45°26′21″N 12°20′32″E / 45.4392°N 12.3421°E / 45.4392; 12.3421
LocationVenice
CountryItaly
DenominationRoman Catholic
Religious orderDominicans
History
StatusMinor basilica
Conventual church
Architecture
Architectural typeChurch

The Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, known in Venetian as San Zanipolo, is a Catholic minor basilica and Dominican conventual church in the Castello sestiere of Venice, Italy.

It is one of the largest churches in the city of Venice. After the 15th century the funeral services of all of Venice's doges were held here, and twenty-five doges are buried in the church.

Description

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The huge brick edifice was designed in the Italian Gothic style, and completed in the 1430s. It is the principal Dominican church of Venice, and as such was built to hold large congregations. It is dedicated to John and Paul, not the Biblical Apostles of the same names, but two obscure martyrs of the Early Christian church in Rome, whose names were recorded in the 4th century but whose legend is of a later date.

In 1246, Doge Jacopo Tiepolo donated some swampland to the Dominicans after dreaming of a flock of white doves flying over it. The first church was demolished in 1333, when the current church was begun. It was not completed until 1430.

The vast interior contains many funerary monuments and paintings, as well as the Madonna della Pace, a miraculous Byzantine image situated in its own chapel in the south aisle, and a foot of Saint Catherine of Siena, the church's chief relic.

Santi Giovanni e Paolo is a parish church of the Vicariate of San Marco-Castello. Other churches of the parish are San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti, the Ospedaletto and the Beata Vergine Addolorata.

The Renaissance Equestrian Statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni (1483), by Andrea del Verrocchio, is located next to the church.

The belltower has 3 bells in D major.

  • The facade of Santi Giovanni e Paolo.
    The facade of Santi Giovanni e Paolo.
  • Bel-gable
    Bel-gable
  • Interior of the church.
    Interior of the church.
  • Chapel of the Rosary.
    Chapel of the Rosary.

Notable artists

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The Capella del Rosario (Chapel of the Rosary)
Built in 1582 to commemorate the victory of Lepanto, contained paintings by Tintoretto, Palma the Younger, Titian (The Assassination of Saint Peter Martyr) and Giovanni Bellini, among others, but they were destroyed in a fire in 1867 attributed to anti-Catholic arsonists.

Funerary monuments

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After the 15th century the funeral services of all of Venice's doges were held in Santi Giovanni e Paolo. Twenty-five doges are buried in the church, including:

  • Tomb of Jacopo e Lorenzo Tiepolo
    Tomb of Jacopo e Lorenzo Tiepolo
  • Tomb of Marino Morosini
    Tomb of Marino Morosini
  • Monument Giovanni Dolfin
    Monument Giovanni Dolfin
  • Tomb to Marco Corner
    Tomb to Marco Corner
  • Monument to Michele Morosini
    Monument to Michele Morosini
  • Tomb of Antonio Venier
    Tomb of Antonio Venier
  • Monument to Michele Steno
    Monument to Michele Steno
  • Monument to Pasquale Malipiero
    Monument to Pasquale Malipiero
  • Monument to Nicolo Marcello
    Monument to Nicolo Marcello
  • Monument to Pietro Mocenigo
    Monument to Pietro Mocenigo
  • Monument to doge Andrea Vendramin
    Monument to doge Andrea Vendramin
  • Monument to Giovanni Mocenigo
    Monument to Giovanni Mocenigo
  • Monument of Leonardo Loredan
    Monument of Leonardo Loredan
  • Monument to Alvise Mocenigo
    Monument to Alvise Mocenigo
  • Funeral monument of Sebastiano Venier
    Funeral monument of Sebastiano Venier
  • Funeral monument of Bertuccio Valier
    Funeral monument of Bertuccio Valier
  • Funeral monument of Silvestro Valier
    Funeral monument of Silvestro Valier

Other people buried in the church include:

  • Monument to Orazio Baglioni
    Monument to Orazio Baglioni
  • Monument to Giambattista Bonzio
    Monument to Giambattista Bonzio
  • Monument to Bartolomeo Bragadin
    Monument to Bartolomeo Bragadin
  • Monument to Marcantonio Bragadin
    Monument to Marcantonio Bragadin
  • Monument to Giacomo Cavalli
    Monument to Giacomo Cavalli
  • Monument to Marco Giustiniani della Bragora
    Monument to Marco Giustiniani della Bragora
  • Monument to Pompeo Giustiniani
    Monument to Pompeo Giustiniani
  • Monument to Palma il Giovane
    Monument to Palma il Giovane
  • Monument of Admiral Vettor Pisani
    Monument of Admiral Vettor Pisani
  • Tomb of Niccolò Orsini di Pitigliano
    Tomb of Niccolò Orsini di Pitigliano
  • Tomb of Leonardo da Prato
    Tomb of Leonardo da Prato
  • Monument to Alvise Trevisan
    Monument to Alvise Trevisan
  • Tomb of Edward Windsor
    Tomb of Edward Windsor

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Marco Pozza (2020). Zorzi, Marino (in Italian). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, volume 100. Roma: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed September 2024.
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Preceded by
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari 		Venice landmarks
Santi Giovanni e Paolo 		Succeeded by
St Mark's Basilica
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