San Stae is a church in central

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

, in the sestiere of Santa Croce. San Stae 2

San Stae, an abbreviation for

Saint Eustachius Saint Eustace (Latinized Eustachius or Eustathius, Greek Εὐστάθιος Πλακίδας ''Eustathios Plakidas'') is revered as a Christian martyr. According to legend, he was martyred in AD 118, at the command of emperor Hadrian. Eust ...

, was founded at the beginning of the 11th century and reconstructed in the 17th century, and has a main facade (1709) on the Grand Canal of Venice, constructed by Domenico Rossi, and richly decorated with statuary by

Giuseppe Torretto Giuseppe Torretto or Torretti (1661 in Pagnano – 1743 in Venice) was an Italian sculptor of statues and intaglios. Mainly working in Venice, statues by him can be found in the churches of Santa Maria Formosa, I Gesuiti, Santa Maria di Nazar ...

Antonio Tarsia Antonio Tarsia (1662–1739) was an Italian sculptor.European works of art in the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum 1966 "Antonio Tarsia was a prominent Venetian sculptor who produced many works for Venetian churches." He was born in Venice. Tar ...

Pietro Baratta Pietro Baratta (1659–1729) (17th century) was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque period, active in Venice. He was master of the sculptor Francesco Robba. Biography Born in Carrara, Tuscany, he worked in Venice and Udine, at the villas on the ...

, and Antonio Corradini. The interior has a tomb for the Mocenigo family. The right wall contains altars with works by

Niccolò Bambini Niccolò Bambini (1651–1736) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance and early-Baroque periods. Biography He was born in Venice in 1651, and first studied under Giulio Mazzoni at Venice. To this period belong the ceiling of the church o ...

Giuseppe Camerata Giuseppe Camerata (1718–1803) was an Italian miniaturist painter and engraver. Biography He was born at Frascati or at Venice, the son of G. Camerata, a painter of some reputation, and studied under Gregorio Lazzarini. He learned the technique ...

, and Antonio Balestra. The three chapels on the left house works by

Francesco Migliori Francesco Migliori, also known as Francesco Megliori (c. 1684 -1734) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his native Republic of Venice. Biography His training is not known, though an adherence to the style of the ''tene ...

, and

Jacopo Amigoni Jacopo Amigoni (ca. 1685 – September 1752), also named Giacomo Amiconi, was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period, who began his career in Venice, but traveled and was prolific throughout Europe, where his sumptuous portraits ...

. The roof of the presbytery has a ceiling decorated with a large canvas by

Bartolomeo Letterini Bartolomeo Letterini (or Litterini) (1669-after 1731) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born at Venice and instructed by his father, Agostino Letterini. He was an imitator of Titian. There is a large canvas by him at San Stae ...

, while the walls have canvases by

Giuseppe Angeli ''Immaculate Conception with Saints'' (ca 1760) Giuseppe Angeli (Venice 1709- Venice, 1798) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque, known for depicting both genre and religious subjects. Biography He trained in the studio of Giambattista P ...

and small canvases dedicated to the Apostles, including a ''Martyrdom of St. Bartholemew'' (1721) (right lower) by a young

Giambattista Tiepolo Giovanni Battista Tiepolo ( , ; March 5, 1696 – March 27, 1770), also known as Giambattista (or Gianbattista) Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an import ...

; ''The Martyrdom of Saint Thomas'' by

Giambattista Pittoni Giambattista Pittoni or Giovanni Battista Pittoni (6 June 1687 – 6 November 1767) was a Venetian painter of the late Baroque or Rococo period. He was among the founders of the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice, of which in 1758 he became the s ...

, a ''Martyrdom of St. James the Greater'' by

Giambattista Piazzetta Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (also called Giambattista Piazzetta or Giambattista Valentino Piazzetta) (February 13, 1682 or 1683 – April 28, 1754) was an Italian Rococo painter of religious subjects and genre scenes. Biography Piazzetta was ...

; and a ''Liberation of St. Peter'' by

Sebastiano Ricci Sebastiano Ricci (1 August 165915 May 1734) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque school of Venice. About the same age as Piazzetta, and an elder contemporary of Tiepolo, he represents a late version of the vigorous and luminous Cortonesqu ...

(left lower). The sacristy contains a ''Death of Christ'' by

Pietro della Vecchia Pietro della Vecchia, Pietro della Vècchia or Pietro Vècchia, formerly incorrectly called Pietro MuttoniBernard Aikema. "Vecchia, Pietro della."Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 5 March 2018 (Vicenza, 1603 &nda ...

and a ''Trajan orders Sant'Eustachio to pray to the idols'' by

Giovanni Battista Pittoni - The Torture of St Thomas - WGA17976

Sources

Chorus Venezia entry

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— The 11th International Architecture Exhibition {{DEFAULTSORT:Stae Roman Catholic churches completed in 1709 Roman Catholic churches in Venice 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Baroque architecture in Venice 1709 establishments in Italy

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