San Biagio is a church dedicated to

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, in the sestiere of Castello in

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, northern

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Description and history

The church now stands adjacent to the Museo Storico Navale, and is officiated by a military chaplain. Till 1511, this served as the church for the Greek community which had emigrated to Venice after the

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. It was rebuilt in 1745-1752, likely to plans of Filippo Rossi. The vault was frescoed by Giovanni Scajaro with ''Saint Blaise in Glory''. The altars were transferred here from the church of Sant'Anna. On the left hand wall is a funerary monument with the heart of

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. The tomb of Admiral Angelo Emo (died 1792) has a statue (1818) by

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Biagio, San Roman Catholic churches in Venice Roman Catholic churches completed in 1752 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy