Palma il Giovane - Pasquale Cicogna Hearing Mass Celebrated in the Oratory of the Crociferi - WGA16898

The Oratorio dei Crociferi (''Oratory of the Cross Bearers'') is a small

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prayer hall found across from the church of the Gesuiti in the sestiere of

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History

The oratory was part of a convent found by the ''Order of the Crociferi'', a twelfth century order dedicated to ministering to soldiers and pilgrims participating in the crusades or travels to the Holy Land. They had been patronized by Doge Renier Zen, who endowed them with a large inheritance. By the 1300s, it had become a hospital. The complex here had become by the 15th century a hospice for poor women. The oratory was decorated with eight canvases depicting scenes from the Order of the Crociferi (1583-1592) by

Palma il Giovane Iacopo Negretti (1548/50 – 14 October 1628), best known as Jacopo or Giacomo Palma il Giovane or simply Palma Giovane ("Young Palma"), was an Italian painter from Venice and a notable exponent of the Venetian school. After Tintoretto's death ...

. The ceiling has a painting on wood of the ''Assumption of the Virgin with Angelic Musicians''.Scala Bovolo
website, entry on oratory. A hospice at the site still remains adjacent to site. Relative to the elaborate Gesuiti facade, the oratory is plain entrance flanked by a house with four tall chimneys. This oratory is owned by the Instituzioni di Ricovero e di Educazione (IRE); entry is by reservation only. The site underwent restoration in 1982-1984.

Gallery of Palma paintings

Palma il Giovane - Pasquale Cicogna in Dogal Robes Visiting the Church and Hospital of the Crociferi - WGA16900.jpg, Pasquale Cicogna visit Hospital of the Oratory Palma il Giovane - Pasquale Cicogna in the Church of the Crociferi Receives News of His Election to the Dogeship - WGA16899.jpg, Pasquale Cicogna hears in the Oratory of his election to Doge Palma il Giovane Crociferi endowment.jpg, Pasquale Cicogna endows the oratory.

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Oratorio dei Crociferi, Venice The Oratorio dei Crociferi (''Oratory of the Cross Bearers'') is a small Roman Catholic prayer hall found across from the church of the Gesuiti in the sestiere of Cannaregio Venice, Italy. History The oratory was part of a convent found by the ' ...

15th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy