The church of San Vincenzo is a

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church located on Corso Canalgrande, number 75 in

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History

Built on the site of a prior 13th century church, the Theatine order tore down the structure to build a new church. The layout of the church resembles that of other Theatine churches such as

Sant'Andrea della Valle Sant'Andrea della Valle is a minor basilica in the rione of Sant'Eustachio of the city of Rome, Italy. The basilica is the general seat for the religious order of the Theatines. It is located at Piazza Vidoni, at the intersection of Corso Vittori ...

in Rome. With a long nave and a number of side chapels. The architect, sometime after 1634, was

Bartolomeo Avanzini Bartolomeo Avanzini (1608–1658) was an Italian architect of the Baroque period, active mainly in Modena, Sassuolo Sassuolo (; egl, label= Modenese, Sasól ) is an Italian town, ''comune'', and industrial centre of the Province of Modena i ...

. The interior stucco was mainly the work of Avanzini, who was also active in similar decoration at the Palazzo Ducale of Sassuolo. On May 13, 1944, a bomb destroyed the presbytery and choir, destroying the apse and cupola frescoes (1671) by

Sigismondo Caula Sigismondo Caula (1637–1724) was an Italian painter of the Baroque style. Caula was born in Modena, where he was the pupil of Jean Boulanger, but finished his studies at Venice, from the works of Titian and Tintoretto Tintoretto ( , , ; bor ...

. The apse, now bare, had a ''Glory of St Vincent''. The main altar, restored after the bombing, was carved by Tommaso Loraghi. A funeral chapel for the Dukes of Este and their family was built in 1836 by Duke Francesco IV using designs by Francesco Vandelli. The first chapel on the left has an altarpiece of ''St Gregory reading'' by

Guercino Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666),Miller, 1964 better known as Guercino, or il Guercino , was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna. The vig ...

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References

External links

* Image of the Church of San Vincenzo (

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