San Cassan
The Church of San Cassan , also called San Cassiano , is a church dedicated to St. Three -aisled church consecrated to Kassian by Imola in the historic center of Venice, more precisely in the Sestiere of San Polo , not far from Ca 'Corner della Regina . It goes back to the early Middle Ages , but owes its current interior decoration mainly to the 18th century.
history
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Possibly the first church on the site of the later San Cassan was built as an oratory in the 9th century . But there are indications of a building that goes back to 726, but which was dedicated to Santa Cecilia . On the initiative of the Michiel, Miani and Miotto families, a complete renovation took place in 926, a parish church was built. In 1105 or 1106 a devastating city fire destroyed the building. In 1188 the church was taken under the protection of the Pope and was now consecrated to Kassian. In 1205 and 1350 renovations took place again. The last formal consecration took place on July 25, 1367. Another renovation in 1611 only affected the interior. In the community of "San Cassan", as in the later ghetto , in San Polo , as in "Santo Agustin", as Marin Sanudo complained in 1515, numerous Jews lived.
description
The building has an extremely unadorned facade, only the right flank is divided into three sectors. These have Tuscan pilaster strips , in each of which a window and a lunette open. The magnificent ceiling is a work of Costantino Cedini.
On the left is the 43 m high bell tower ( campanile ) from 1259 with a Gothic gallery that was added in 1350.
The interior of the rectangular, three-aisled building shows rich stucco work. Two rows of marble Corinthian columns separate the naves.
The classicist ceiling painting is by Costantino Cedini (1741–1811), at its center are Saints Cecilia of Rome (Cecilia) and Cassiano of Imola (Cassiano), also a saint of antiquity; both were victims of the persecution of Christians . In front of and behind the main painting are two monochrome works by the same painter depicting the martyrdoms of the two saints. The works above the two side chapels next to the presbytery are also by Cedini , with the Samaritan woman at the fountain on the right , Hagar , Abraham's wife , with the angel and her son Ishmael on the left .
The main altar is located in the presbytery or choir , decorated with statues and reliefs by Heinrich Meyring († 1723). The marble antependium also bears biblical representations, namely the Last Supper in Emmaus , the Last Supper and the image of Christ in the house of the Pharisee Simon von Tommaso Rues (1633–1703). The altarpiece shows the resurrection of Christ and the saints Kassian and Cecilia by Jacopo Tintoretto . The Christ in Limbo on the right , The Crucifixion on the left, is also by Jacopo Tintoretto . The latter shows what is unique according to Herbert Rosendorfer , a scene that was otherwise never shown. It shows how a hangman's helper climbs a ladder after the execution of Jesus, and how a helper who also wears a turban shows him the tablet with the inscription INRI .
The side chapel to the right of the presbytery, the Cappella della Visitazione , bears this name in memory of one of the Venetian schools , the Scuola della Visitazione . There are three works by the painter Leandro Bassano , namely above the altar the meeting of Elisabeth and Maria, on the left the Annunciation of St. Zacharias , on the right the birth of John the Baptist . The twelve brothers of the Scuola were also painted, the depictions follow the Gospel according to Luke . The dome of the side chapel was possibly also painted by Cedini.
The chapel on the left, equipped with polychrome marble, was built on the instructions of Abbot Carlo del Medico in 1756 with the support of the Scuola del Santissimo Sacramento . Above the altar is the Pala of Marianna Angeli Pascoli (1790–1846), who depicts Our Lady with the child, as well as the nun and mystic Margareta Maria Alacoque and other French saints.
Another Pala is by Rocco Marconi , who worked in Venice from 1504 to 1529. There John the Baptist appears again between Saints Peter , Paul , Mark and Jerome . The Scuola degli Osti had the altar made. The second altar was not built until after Napoleon , the third bears a wooden cross from the 16th century. Another Pala was made by Antonello da Messina , commissioned by Pietro Bon. It is known as the Pala di San Cassiano , parts of which are in the Vienna Art History Museum .
In the left aisle on the first altar is the Pala des Matteo Ponzone , which represents Christ on the cross, at whose feet are the four Saints Lorenzo and Domenico, Francesco and Bernardo, i.e. the founders of the order Dominic , Francis of Assisi and Bernardine of Siena . With the permission of the Chapter, the Minelli family from Bergamo was allowed to build this palace in 1652 in gratitude for their acceptance into the Venetian nobility. The second altar bears the Pala des Lattanzio Querena (1768-1853) with Saint Anthony receiving the child from an angel.
The unique chapel of St. Carlo Borromeo , known as cappella dell'abate Carlo del Medico , was commissioned by him in 1746. Under the ceiling is the rococo fresco by Giambattista Pittoni with the glory of St. Cecilia and St. Kassian. The small pala above the altar, which depicts the Virgin and Child and the Saints Carlo Borromeo and Filippo Neri , also comes from this .
The Pala di San Cassiano , created by Antonello da Messina and now also in the Kunsthistorisches Museum zu Vienna, is no longer in San Cassan .
literature
- Sandra Carnio Del Soldà: La chiesa dei Santi Cassiano e Cecilia , Marsilio, Venice 2014.
- Marcello Brusegan : Le chiese di Venezia , Newton Compton, Rome 2007, p. 303.
- Herbert Rosendorfer : Church Guide Venice , Edition Leipzig, 2008, p. 42 f.
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Remarks
- ↑ Giorgos Plakotos: Diasporas, Space and Imperial Subjecthood in Early Modern Venice: A Comparative Perspective / Diasporas, espace et appartenance impériale dans la Venise moderne: une perspective comparée , in: Scènes urbaines 28 (2016) 37–54 ( online ).
- ^ Herbert Rosendorfer : Church Guide Venice , Edition Leipzig, 2008, p. 42.
Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 22.9 ″ N , 12 ° 19 ′ 55 ″ E