San Canzian
San Canzian , also San Canciano, is a church in the Cannaregio sestiere in Venice on the Campo of the same name, which dates back to 1351, but was mainly built in the Baroque era . The corresponding parish includes the easternmost part of Cannaregio and the island of San Michele .
history
According to the legendary tradition of Venice, the church was built by refugees from Aquileia who were on the run from the Huns of Attila . The first evidence of a church building there dates from around 1040. The church is consecrated to the martyrs Cantius, Cantianus and Cantianilla , who, according to legend, perished in 304 near today's San Canzian d'Isonzo , and their cult spread by 400 at the latest. In 1105 the older church fell victim to a fire.
The building was rebuilt from around 1330 and consecrated in 1351 by the Bishop of Jesolo , Marco Bianco. A renovation took place in the 15th century, with the patrician Nicolò Morosini having the bell tower (campanile) restored in 1498 , then again at the beginning of the 18th century. The latter, radical measure was only made possible by a donation of 2000 ducats , made by the priest Michele Tommasi, to whom the bust above the entrance gate is dedicated. From 1707 Antonio Gaspari (1656–1723) was the master builder of the facade . The current campanile was built in 1542. The three oldest bells were cast by the De Poli around 1850, the fourth is from 1897.
The area around the church was of considerable economic importance until the Strado Nova was built , as this was the most important mooring point for boats from the northern lagoon , such as Murano , but with the construction of the road in question it was sidelined. Behind the church there is still a Sottoportego del Traghetto , whereby the traghetti were and are the boats that provided a regular ferry service, in this case to Murano.
Interior
The outside of the church is of a certain simplicity, while inside next to the two pairs of altars in the two niches there are two side chapels and the main altar. The right chapel was richly decorated with marble and stucco by the Widmann family. She is the St. Consecrated to Maximin . The left chapel belonged to the Rinaldi family and was dedicated to St. Consecrated to Filippo Neri . Both chapels were designed by Baldassare Longhena and executed in high baroque style by Clemente Moli .
Bartolomeo Letterini created two Pale , as they are called altarpieces in Italy , Domenico Zanchi created the two paintings on the sides of the presbytery , namely Piscina Probatica and Moltiplicazione dei pani e dei pesci ("the multiplication of bread and fish"). The Madonna Immacolata is a painting by Bartolomeo Letterini; an Assunta created Giuseppe Angeli ; then a Madonna del Carmine , again by Letterini, from whom the Madonna Addolorata con il Sacro Cuore di Gesù also comes. The two pulpits with canopies are an old work by Bernardino Maccaruzzi (1728–1800). Another Pala is by Paolo Zoppo (Santi Canziano e Massimo con il Padre Eterno in Gloria) .
These works fit into the basilica , three-aisled church corpus that has been retained since the early Middle Ages . The ceiling is supported by arches and Corinthian columns, two of which are made of ancient African granite . The organ dates from the 18th century. There are representations of the saints San Canziano e San Massimo by Giovanni Contarini, a pupil of Titian .
In the right side chapel, consecrated to San Venerando Martire , there is a Pala by Nicola Ranieri , which was built around 1635 (San Filippo genuflesso ai piedi della Vergine Santissima) . In the opposite chapel of San Massimo , formerly dedicated to Santa Lucia, you can find the relics of the saint , similar to the chapel on the right . The urn and the altar are by Clemente Moli . The chapel belonged to the Widmann family, who lived in a palace near the church.
There are several paintings in the sacristy , including that of San Romualdo , attributed to Jacopo Marieschi (18th century), as well as the Madonna con Bambino and Saints Canciano e Massimo , attributed to Andrea Celesti and made in 1680. The Via Crucis , on the other hand, is a work from 1960 by the Venetian painter Ernani Costantini . The small water basin from the end of the 16th century bears bas-reliefs from the 17th century; Around 1660, the round arches with the face of Our Lady and Christ were created.
In the Liber Mortuorum , the community's book of the dead, there is an entry on the death of Titian , who lived nearby: "27 agosto 1576, Messer Tiziano pitor è morto de ani centi-tre amalato de febre licenziato".
literature
- Herbert Rosendorfer : Church Guide Venice , EA Seemann, 2nd edition 2013, p. 186 f.
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Remarks
- ↑ Teresa Piccioli: Luoghi storici d'Italia , published by the Storia Illustrata , Mondadori, 1972, p. 1116 f.
- ^ Alvise Zorzi: Venezia scomparsa . Volume 2, Electa, 1972, p. 368.
- ↑ Bruno Rosada, Umberto Rosada: Il Settecento veneziano , vol. 1: La letteratura , Corbo e Fiore, 2007, p. 19.
- ^ Robert C. Davis : The War of the Fists. Popular Culture and Public Violence in Late Renaissance Venice . Oxford University Press, 1994, p. 178.
Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 24 ″ N , 12 ° 20 ′ 19 ″ E