The Church of St Job ( it, Chiesa di San Giobbe) is a 15th-century

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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

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in the sestiere of Cannaregio of

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, northern

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History

The church is dedicated to

Saint Job Job (russian: Иов, ''Iov''), also known as Job of Moscow (d. 19 June 1607) was the first Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. He is venerated as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church. He was the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' from 1587 to ...

. 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

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 Bernardino of Siena, OFM (8 September 138020 May 1444), also known as Bernardine, was an Italian priest and Franciscan missionary preacher in Italy. He was a systematizer of Scholastic economics. His preaching, his book burnings, and his " bon ...

, 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 Antonio Gambello and (when work began again in 1470) completed by the sculptor and architect

Pietro Lombardo Monument of the Doge Pietro Mocenigo 1481 :''Pietro Lombardo is also the Italian version of the name of the theologian Peter Lombard.'' Pietro Lombardo (1435–1515) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect; born in Carona (Ticino), he ...

, with the latter designing the present altar arch and main door as well as much of the interior decoration. It contains the tomb of

René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson René de Voyer, seigneur d’Argenson (1596–1651) was a French diplomat. Biography René de Voyer was the grandson of René de Voyer, seigneur de Paulmy et de la Roche de Gennes, and of Jeanne Gueffault, dame d'Argenson. His father, Pierre, was ...

, French ambassador to the

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, by the French sculptors Claude Perreau and Thomas Blanchet. Its altarpieces house works by

Vivarini Vivarini is the surname of a family of painters from Murano (Venice), who produced a great quantity of work in Venice and its neighborhood in the 15th century, leading on to that phase of the school which is represented by Carpaccio and the Belli ...

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, Basaiti and Bordone, as well as

Girolamo Savoldo Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, also called Girolamo da Brescia (c. 1480–1485 – after 1548), was an Italian High Renaissance painter active mostly in Venice, although he also worked in other cities in northern Italy. He is noted for his subtle use ...

's ''Il Presepio'' (1540). The church also formerly held Giovanni Bellini's San Giobbe Altarpiece and

Vittore Carpaccio Vittore Carpaccio ( UK: /kɑːrˈpætʃ(i)oʊ/, US: /-ˈpɑːtʃ-/, Italian: itˈtoːre karˈpattʃo c. 1460/66 – 1525/26) was an Italian painter of the Venetian school who studied under Gentile Bellini. Carpaccio was largely influence ...

's ''The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple'': these works are now in the

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

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Bibliography

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

External links

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