San Simeone Profeta, also known as San Simeone Grande is a church in the sestiere of Santa Croce in

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

, Italy. The adjective ''Grande'' distinguishes this church from the

San Simeone Piccolo San Simeone Piccolo (also called San Simeone e Giuda) is a church in the sestiere of Santa Croce in Venice, northern Italy. From across the Grand Canal it faces the railroad terminal serving as entrypoint for most visitors to the city. History ...

, which was smaller in size until its 18th-century reconstruction. The near palaces are

Palazzo Gradenigo Palazzo Gradenigo is a palace in Venice, located in the Santa Croce district, near Palazzo Soranzo Cappello and the church of San Simeone Profeta, and overlooking Rio Marin. History The palace was built on a project by architect Domenico Margutt ...

and

Palazzo Soranzo Cappello Palazzo Soranzo Cappello is a palace in Venice, Italy located in the Santa Croce district, near Palazzo Gradenigo. The palace is currently occupied by the Superintendence of Archaeology, the Fine Arts and Landscape for the metropolitan area of ...

History

left, Bell tower This church was founded by 967 by the patrician families of Ghisi, Adoldi and Briosi. Originally a modest building of wood, after a fire in 1150, it was rebuilt in stone and made parish church. The Napoleonic government joined the parish to that of

Description

The interior floor appears to have been raised after burials were pursued here during the plague of 1630. The current church has a plain neoclassical façade. The interior was rebuilt in the early eighteenth century by Domenico Margutti. Inside, to the right of the entrance, is a ''Presentation at the Temple'' with portraits of donors by

Jacopo Palma the Younger Iacopo Negretti (1548/50 – 14 October 1628), best known as Jacopo or Giacomo Palma il Giovane or simply Palma Giovane ("Young Palma"), was an Italian painter from Venice and a notable exponent of the Venetian school. After Tintoretto's death ...

. In the second altar of the left nave is a ''Last Supper'' by

Tintoretto Tintoretto ( , , ; born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed with ...

. The ''Annunciation'', previously attributed to Palma the Younger is today recognized as a work of the painter Blanc.Content in this edit is translated from the existing Italian Wikipedia article at :it:Chiesa di San Simeone Profeta; see its history for attribution.

References

Church and Parish of San Simeon Profeta
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