San Lio is a church located on the campo of the same name in the
sestiere
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Formed a ...
of
Castello.
History
Built in the 9th century by the patrician family of the
Badoer it was first named St Catherine of Alexandria.
[Travel Signposts website, ''Chiesa di San Lio, Castello'']
/ref> In 1054, it was rededicated to St Leone (San Lio in venetian dialect) in honor of pope Leo IX
Pope Leo IX (, , 21 June 1002 – 19 April 1054), born Bruno von Egisheim-Dagsburg, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 February 1049 to his death in 1054. Leo IX is considered to be one of the most historica ...
, who had favored the cause of Venice in a 1043 dispute between the Doge Contarini of Venice, the Patriarch of Aquileia
This is a list of bishops and patriarchs of Aquileia in northeastern Italy. For the ecclesiastical history of the diocese, see Patriarchate of Aquileia.
From 553 until 698 the archbishops renounced Papal authority as part of the Schism of the T ...
over who had supremacy over the region of Grado.
The painter Canaletto
Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768), commonly known as Canaletto (), was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school.
Painter of cityscapes or ...
was baptized and buried at this church.
Accademia - Miracle of the Relic of the Holy Cross in Campo San Lio by Giovanni Mansueti.jpg, ''Miracle of the relic of the Holy Cross in Campo San Lio'' by Giovanni Mansueti, 1494
Architecture and Interior Decoration
The presbytery was rebuilt in the 15th century, and the church underwent a major reconstruction and design in 1783.
The latest reconstruction led to a single nave; the bell-tower was taken down. The interior retains some paintings and sculpture including:
*''St James the Major'' (c. 1540) by Titian
Tiziano Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), Latinized as Titianus, hence known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian Renaissance painter, the most important artist of Renaissance Venetian painting. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno.
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*''Angels and virtues'' by Giandomenico Tiepolo
*''St Leo in Glory'' by Giandomenico Tiepolo
*''Dead Christ upheld by Saints and Angels'' (main altarpiece) by Jacopo Palma il Giovane
*Above the entrance to the chapel to the left is the funeral monument to Andrea Pisani, who died in 1718.
San Lio (Interno).jpg, Interior
San Lio (Venice) - Pulpit and font.jpg, Baptismal font and Pulpit
San Lio (soffitto).jpg, ''Angels and virtues'' by Giandomenico Tiepolo
San Lio (Venice) - Pale d’altare - Padre Celeste con santi – Marco Evangelista, Antonio, Lucio, et Luigi – Antonio Novelli 1779.jpg, ''Padre Celeste con santi'' Pietro Antonio Novelli
San Lio (Venice) - Pale d’altare - Apostolo Giacomo il maggiore - Tiziano - 1558.jpg, ''Apostolo Giacomo il maggiore'' - Titian
Tiziano Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), Latinized as Titianus, hence known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian Renaissance painter, the most important artist of Renaissance Venetian painting. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno.
Ti ...
- 1558
San Lio (Venice) - Pale d’altare - Gloria di Maria con i San Martino vescovo, San Francesco, San Domenico, Santa Marina, San Marco Evangelista, San Giuseppe.jpg, ''Gloria di Maria'' - Venetian school before 1700.
San Lio (Venice) - Monumento a Andrea Pisani.jpg, Monument to Andrea Pisani
Choir
File:San Lio (Venice) - altar maggiore tela Cristo morto sostenuto da angeli e santi di Palma il Giovane.jpg, ''Dead Christ upheld by Saints and Angels'' by Jacopo Palma il Giovane
File:San Lio (Venice) - Angelo scende a confortare Elia di P. Moro.jpg, ''Angel comes down to comfort Elijah'' P. Moro
Chapel Gusoni
*''Four Evangelists'', sculpture by Pietro Lombardo, and a ''Pietà with Saints'', by his son Tullio Lombardo
Tullio Lombardo (c. 1455 – November 17, 1532), also known as Tullio Solari, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor. He was the brother of Antonio Lombardo and son of Pietro Lombardo. The Lombardo family worked together to sculpt famous Catholic ...
in the chapel of the Gussoni family.
*''Gussoni Red Veil Paintings Triptych'' (2015), by artist Sylke von Gaza commissioned by Curia Patriarcale di VeneziaTullio Lombardo
Tullio Lombardo (c. 1455 – November 17, 1532), also known as Tullio Solari, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor. He was the brother of Antonio Lombardo and son of Pietro Lombardo. The Lombardo family worked together to sculpt famous Catholic ...
File:San Lio (Venice) - Cappella Gussoni - tombe of Canaletto.jpg, Tomb of Canaletto
Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768), commonly known as Canaletto (), was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school.
Painter of cityscapes or ...
Bibliography
*Le chiese di Venezia, Marcello Brusegan; Ed. Newton
*Italian Wikipedia Entry
References
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18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
Baroque architecture in Venice
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1783
9th-century establishments in Italy