Santa Maria Mater Domini

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facade

The Venetian church of Santa Maria Mater Domini is located in the Santa Croce sestiere . While the original church was founded around 960, the current building was not built until the beginning of the 16th century.

history

According to tradition, the church was built by the Zane and Cappello families in 960. It belonged to the Santa Cristina monastery. In 1105 the church, like many others, fell victim to a city fire. From 1123 the church was one of the five so-called Chieresie . These were five associations of priesthoods that had set themselves the task of publicly praying for the deceased. According to tradition, these were first created in 977 under Doge Pietro I Orseolo . Thanks to generous equipment from numerous donors, in addition to the five original churches, i.e. San Michele Arcangelo, SS Ermagora e Fortunato, San Silvestro and Santa Maria Mater Domini, San Luca was also added in 1192 . The current name of the square and the church with its dedication to Mary has been documented since 1128.

View of the Campo

With an apostolic letter from Pope Clement III. In 1188 it was subordinated to the Church of San Pietro di Castello as a parish church . The church was owned by the Agnella or Agnello family, to which, if one follows Giuseppe Tassini (p. 11), a Lunardo dall'Agnella belonged, a grain merchant who, in the course of the Chioggia War, not only owned himself and his town entire familia made available for a whole month, but also financed 150 rowers for the same time. In 1381 he was elected to the Grand Council in gratitude for this, but remained with the esclusi , i.e. those who were not given access to the hall of the Grand Council in the Doge's Palace . The name of the Ponte dell'Agnello bridge leading to the square goes back to him .

The building, originally based on Byzantine models, was demolished in 1503. The facade may have been designed by Mauro Codussi , but it has also been attributed to Jacopo Sansovino , Pietro Lombardo , Giovanni Buora and other artists. In 1524 the altars were completed and on July 25, 1540 the building was consecrated by the Bishop of Sebenico Giovanni Lucio Stafileo . From 1509 Jews settled around the church, as well as around San Cassian, San Polo and Sant'Agostino.

Under Napoleon, the church became a mere subsidiary church of the municipality of San Stae in 1807 , then of San Cassian in 1810 . In 1952, Santa Maria Mater Domini became the Vicariale of San Stae again, only to return to San Cassian as Chiesa sussidiaria in 1970 .

description

inner space

The facade of Santa Maria Mater Domini looks onto the square of the same name, but it is slightly offset from the main axis of the square. This is possibly due to the fact that the monastery, which was demolished in 1914, was located there and was later replaced by a prison.

The floor plan corresponds to a Greek cross with a dome above the intersection of the transept and main nave. The main nave and the four side chapels are bordered by pilasters on which arches are vaulted. At the end of the choir is the semicircular apse and two small niche chapels.

In the transept is the discovery of the cross , a Pala by Tintoretto , plus a Madonna orante , a marble relief from the 13th century. The Contarini altar, the second on the left, is decorated with the Trasfigurazione by Francesco Bissolo from 1512, while the statues are almost exclusively by Lorenzo Bregno .

The campanile or bell tower was rebuilt in 1741 after the previous building collapsed in 1738.

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Flaminio Cornaro: Notes storiche delle chiese e monasteri di Venezia, e di Torcello, tratte dalle chiese venezian, e torcellane , G. Manfrè, 1758, p. 392.
  2. ↑ Giuseppe Tassini, p. 42 f.
  3. ↑ Giuseppe Tassini, p. 194.
  4. ↑ Erika Timm, Gustav Adolf Beckmann: Etymological studies on Yiddish. At the same time a contribution to the problem of the Yiddish south-east and east flank , Helmut Buske, Hamburg 2006, p. 9.

Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 24 ″  N , 12 ° 19 ′ 49 ″  E