The Church of St Job ( it, Chiesa di San Giobbe) is a 15th-century Roman Catholic church located overlooking the campo of the same name, known as ''Sant'Agiopo'' in Venetian dialect, on the south bank of the Cannaregio canal near

Ponte dei Tre Archi The ''Ponte dei Tre Archi'' (Italian for "Three Arches' Bridge") is one of the main bridges of Venice, Italy, along with the ''Ponte delle Guglie'', the other bridge spanning the Cannaregio Canal, and the four bridges spanning the ''Canal Grande'' ...

in the sestiere of

Cannaregio Cannaregio () is the northernmost of the six historic ''sestieri'' (districts) of Venice. It is the second largest ''sestiere'' by land area and the largest by population, with 13,169 people . Isola di San Michele, the historic cemetery island, ...

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, northern Italy,

History

The church is dedicated to Saint Job. It is one of the five votive churches built in Venice after an onset of

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. In 1378 a hospice with a small oratory dedicated to San Giobbe or Saint Job attached was begun on this site by Giovanni Contarini, on land he owned near his house. It was completed by his daughter Lucia, with the help of the Minor Observant Friars. The oratory was replaced by the present church by Bernardino of Siena, with the financial backing of doge

Cristoforo Moro Cristoforo Moro (1390 – November 10, 1471) was the 67th Doge of Venice. He reigned from 1462 to 1471. Family The Moro family settled in Venice in the 5th century when Stephanus Maurus, a great-grandson of Maurus, built a church on the island ...

in gratitude for Bernardino's prophecy that Moro would become doge - Cristoforo donated 10,000 ducats to the building works in 1471, three months before his death, and was buried in the church. Work began in 1450, paused until 1470, and was finally consecrated in 1493, as one of the first examples of Renaissance architecture in the city. It was begun by

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and (when work began again in 1470) completed by the sculptor and architect Pietro Lombardo, with the latter designing the present altar arch and main door as well as much of the interior decoration. It contains the tomb of

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, French ambassador to the Republic of Venice, by the French sculptors

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and

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. Its altarpieces house works by

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, Pietro Lombardo, Luca Della Robbia,

Basaiti Marco Basaiti (c. 1470–1530) was a Renaissance painter who worked mainly in Venice and was a contemporary of Giovanni Bellini and Cima da Conegliano.

and Bordone, as well as Girolamo Savoldo's ''Il Presepio'' (1540). The church also formerly held

Giovanni Bellini Giovanni Bellini (; c. 1430 – 26 November 1516) was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. He was raised in the household of Jacopo Bellini, formerly thought to have been his father ...

San Giobbe Altarpiece The ''San Giobbe Altarpiece'' (Italian: ''Pala di San Giobbe'') is a c. 1487 oil painting by the Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Bellini. Inspired by a plague outbreak in 1485, this sacra conversazione painting is unique in that it was designed ...

and Vittore Carpaccio's ''The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple'': these works are now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia. Chiesa di San Giobbe Venezia - Campanile.jpg, Bell tower Chiesa di San Giobbe Venezia 2.jpg, San Giobbe view from ''Ponte dei Tre Archi'' Chiesa di San Giobbe - Venezia il chiostro.jpg, the cloister Chiesa di San Giobbe - Venezia il chiostro 2.jpg, the cloister Chiesa di San Giobbe - Venezia il chiostro 3.jpg, The cloister (Venice) Pozzo - chiostro di San Giobbe a Cannaregio.jpg, Well in cloister Chiesa di San Giobbe - Venezia - Statua di San Giobbe.jpg, Statue of St Job Oratorio de l'Ospedale di San Giobbe (Venice).jpg, The oratory of the 'Ospedale di San Giobbe' Chiesa di San Giobbe, Restituzione della pala di Giovanni Bellini.jpg, Copy of the altarpiece by Giovanni Bellini Accademia - Prayer in the Garden with Saints Louis of Toulouse, Francis, Domenic, and Mark by Marco Basaiti.jpg, ''Prayer in the Garden'' by

Marco Basaiti Marco Basaiti (c. 1470–1530) was a Renaissance painter who worked mainly in Venice and was a contemporary of Giovanni Bellini and Cima da Conegliano.

Accademia - Presentation of Jesus in the Temple by Vittore Carpaccio Cat.44.jpg, Presentation of Jesus in the Temple by Vittore Carpaccio

Notes

Bibliography

* ''Le chiese di Venezia'', Marcello Brusegan; Ed. Newton Compton 2008

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La chiesa di San Giobbe e l'ospizio Zuanne Contarini
in Italian.
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