San Fantin (short for San Fantino) is a church in the sestiere of San Marco in

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, Italy. It stands in front of the

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and adjacent to the

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(the former Scuola grande di San Fantin). This parish church was first erected in the 10th century under the patronage of the patrician families from Barozzi, Aldicina, and Equilia. Reconstruction was undertaken by the Pisani family, who installed in the church a miraculous icon of the Virgin they had obtained from the East. The church of San Fantin by the 15th century came to be called the church of ''Santa Maria delle Grazie di San Fantino''. Ten thousand ducats were willed for the church's reconstruction by Cardinal

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who died in 1501. A number of relics were transferred to this church including the body of Saint Marcellina and an armbone of the martyred Saint Trifone, Protector of Cattaro. Work on the church has been assigned or attributed to many architects, from Pietro Lombardo,

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, and later

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. Over the door of the sacristy is conserved the funeral urn of Vinciguerra Dandolo, a work by

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. In 1908, the church was documented to hold two Piazzetta paintings: ''Liberation of Venice from the Plague'' and a ''Pieta''. It had a ''Holy Family'' attributed to

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, a ''Crucifixion'' by

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, and a ''Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth'' by Tintoretto.A guide to the paintings of Venice: being an historical and critical account ... By Frank Tryon Charles (1908) page 172 These works have been relocated elsewhere. (Venice) Church of San Fantin - interior.jpg, Interior view San Fantin (Venice) miraculous icon of the Virgin.jpg, Miraculous icon of the Virgin San Fantin (Venice) Organ.jpg, The organ above the porch San Fantin (Venice) - Campanile a vela.jpg, Bell gable

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