San Biagio
Coordinates: 45 ° 25 ′ 57 ″ N , 12 ° 21 ′ 1 ″ E
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The Church of San Biagio , also San Biagio ai Forni , is located on Campo San Biagio in the east of Venice , in the Sestiere Castello . The patron saint of the church is St. Blaise of Sebaste . The addition “ai Forni” ('at the ovens') refers to the brick ovens for the workshops in the nearby arsenal, which used to be behind the church . The Riva San Biagio runs a few steps south. The Museo storico navale is located there . The Blasius Church is located on the territory of the Patriarchate of Venice , but in no way belongs to the Diocese of Venice. She belongs to the military ordinariate of Italy, a church district that lives according to statutes issued by the Vatican . The military ordinariate is headed by a cleric who has all the rights of a diocesan bishop .
history
According to tradition, the church dates from the 9th century, but it owes its current appearance to a renovation in the 17th century. The first three-aisled building was built in the Byzantine style. In the 11th century the church was rebuilt and restructured in 1332. The renovation from 1749 to 1754 was under the direction of Filippo Rossi , and in 1757 the church was consecrated again. The facade of the church made of Istrian marble has since been broken through by numerous windows. Six columns with Corinthian capitals , of which the outer ones are only indicated, carry a triangular gable with a circular opening. This gives the building a profane appearance.
After Constantinople was conquered by the Ottomans in 1453, numerous Greeks fled to Venice. Many of them became arsenal workers. A decree of the Senate allowed the Greek community to hold their services in San Biagio, but most Greeks migrated there after the completion of the church of San Giorgio dei Greci in the Sestiere Castello in the 16th century. When the Ottomans conquered Crete in 1669, another wave of Greek immigrants came to Venice.
The tomb of Admiral Angelo Emo was made by the sculptor Giovanni Ferrari (Torretti, 1744–1826). Initially arranged by the Senate, it was located in the Church of Santa Maria dei Servi in the Cannaregio sestiere .
Napoleon had San Biagio closed alongside numerous other ecclesiastical institutions. The entire facility as well as the church decorations were stolen. But after the Austrians moved into Venice, the church was prepared for the Austrian Navy . This had the church renovated and a new floor covering. Five altars were brought to San Biagio from the also closed church of Sant'Anna . At the request of this Austrian Archduke, who died in 1847, the heart of Friedrich Ferdinand Leopold of Austria rests in the left side wall of the Church of San Biagio , while his body rests in the Chiesa gran priorale dell'Ordine di Malta.
After 1866 the Italian Navy took over the building, but it was not until 1958 that the church and the wheat storage facility were handed over to the municipality, restored and rebuilt. There were several granaries for the arsenal next to the church, but these were demolished after the end of the republic. One of these granaries now houses the Maritime Museum. In 2001 the church became the parish church for the military forces stationed in Venice.
literature
- Paul Sippel: Chiesa San Biagio ai Forni
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Remarks
- ↑ Marcello Brusegan : Guida insolita ai misteri, ai segreti, alle leggende e alle curiosità delle chiese di Venezia. Chiese di Venezia , Newton & Compton, 2004, p. 121.