San Marzilian

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In San Marziale (also San Marziale ) is a parish church of the municipality of Madonna dell'Orto in Venice Sestiere Cannaregio . It is consecrated to Martial of Limoges , the former bishop of Limoges who, according to Gregory of Tours, proselytized in Aquitaine during the time of Emperor Decius and Pope Fabianus .

history

San Marzilian as seen from the Fondamenta de la Misericordia

The church in Venice dates back to the 9th century and was rebuilt with three aisles by the Boco or Boche family until 1133. It was a wealthy family, which was shown in the fact that a Leonardo Boco was able to support Venice's war efforts against Genoa with 3000 Libra in 1379 .

Bonuses began here in the 12th century. Between 1300 and 1360 the municipality had created a few canals and fondamenta in this area, where the numerous boats could dock. In 1343 the wide Rio terrà della Maddalena was built in place of a canal, and the wide Fondamenta de la Misericordia was built on the canal side opposite the Church of San Marzilian . In the 16th century the building was still of considerable importance in the church year. As Marino Sanudo (1466–1536) testifies, there was “la prima chiesia dove si celebrava in tal zorno in questa terra” during the processions on the second Sunday after Easter, that is to say at Misericordia , San Marzilian. The usual processions began there. This high rank is possibly related to the silk weavers from Lucca who lived there and who maintained the Cappella dei Lucchesi nearby. In addition, the order of Santa Maria dei Servi sat here , who maintained a church here and who had a bridge built over the Canale di San Marzilian in 1353. The monastery was closed in 1808, only a few traces remained.

The church, which now has a single nave, was given its current structure between 1693 and 1714. It was consecrated on September 28, 1721 by the patriarch Pietro Barbarigo .

Furnishing

Interior of the San Marzilian Church

The outer walls are now whitewashed and lack any decoration, the bell tower (campanile) is a simple structure. In contrast, the baroque interior of the inconspicuous church is richly furnished. There are four paintings by Sebastiano Ricci on the ceiling . In the middle of the ceiling you can see his work Padre eterno con angeli in gloria .

The high altar is located on the back wall of the presbytery and is dominated by an enormous marble group. This is attributed to the Tyrolean Tommaso Rues († 1703) and bears the name Il Cristo sul mondo con angeli e santi . Another important painting is San Marziale in gloria fra i Santi Pietro e Paolo , which is attributed to Jacopo Tintoretto and which was created in 1548/49. The sacristy also contains the work Angelo Raffaele e Tobia by Tiziano Vecellio (around 1530).

literature

Web links

Commons : San Marziale (Venice)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ^ Francesco Sansovino : Venetia città nobilissima et singolare. Venice 1581/1663.
  2. ^ Marco Rossi: La chiesa gotica scomparsa di Santa Maria dei Servi a Venezia. Un indagine storico artistica dalla sua fondazione trecentesca al XV secolo. Tesi di laurea, Venice 2012 ( online at unive.it), p. 85.
  3. ↑ Federico Stefani, Guglielmo Berchet, Nicolò Barozzi, Rinaldo Fulin, Marco Allegri (eds.): I diarii di Marino Sanuto. (MCCCCXCVI-MDXXXIII) dall 'autografo Marciano ital. Cl. VII codd. CDXIX-CDLXXVII , volume 32, F. Visentini, 1892, p. 218.
  4. ^ A b c Marco Rossi: La chiesa gotica scomparsa di Santa Maria dei Servi a Venezia. Un indagine storico artistica dalla sua fondazione trecentesca al XV secolo. Tesi di laurea, Venice 2012 ( online at unive.it), pp. 2, 6 and 8.
  5. ^ Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti, Venezia 1519-1594). In: Venetocultura.org, accessed December 19, 2019.

Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 38 ″  N , 12 ° 19 ′ 58 ″  E