San Biagio is a church dedicated to
Saint Blaise, in the sestiere of
Castello in
Venice
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, northern
Italy
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The church now stands adjacent to the Museo Storico Navale, and is officiated by a military chaplain. Till 1511, this served as the church for the
Greek community which had emigrated to Venice after the
Fall of Constantinople. It was rebuilt in 1745-1752, likely to plans of
Filippo Rossi. The vault was frescoed by
Giovanni Scajaro with ''Saint Blaise in Glory''. The altars were transferred here from the church of Sant'Anna. The left hand wall has funerary monument with the heart of
Francis Frederick, Archduke of Austria (died 1847). The tomb of Admiral
Angelo Emo (died 1792) has a statue (1818) by
Giovanni Ferrari
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Roman Catholic churches in Venice
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1752
18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy