The Chiesa di San Giacomo dall'Orio () (or San Giacomo Apostolo – Saint James the Apostle) is a church located in the ''sestiere'' (quarter) of Santa Croce in

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, northern

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. The origin of the church's name is unknown. Possibilities include being named after a

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(''lauro'') that once stood nearby, a version of ''dal Rio'' ("of the river"), or once standing on an area of dried-up swamp ('). It was founded in the 9th century and rebuilt in 1225. The

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dates from this period. There have been a number of rebuildings since that time (including a major renovation in 1532) and the ship's keel roof dates from the 14th century. Two of the columns were brought back from the

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, after the sacking of

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. San Giacomo dall'Orio is a parish church of the Vicariate of San Polo-Santa Croce-Dorsoduro. The other churches in the parish are the churches of

San Stae San Stae is a church in central Venice, in the sestiere of Santa Croce (Venice), Santa Croce. San Stae, an abbreviation for Saint Eustachius, was founded at the beginning of the 11th century and reconstructed in the 17th century, and has a main ...

and

San Zan Degolà The church of San Zan Degolà, which in the Venetian dialect is the abbreviation for San Giovanni Decollato, in English ''St John (the Baptist) beheaded'', is a Byzantine- Romanesque-style church and belltower in the sestiere of Santa Croce in Ven ...

. San Giacomo dell'Orio was the parish church of the painter

Giambattista Pittoni Giambattista Pittoni or Giovanni Battista Pittoni (6 June 1687 – 6 November 1767) was a Venetian painter of the late Baroque or Rococo period. He was among the founders of the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice, of which in 1758 he became the s ...

who was buried there in 1767.Rowlands, Eliot Wooldridge (1996)
''The collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: Italian paintings, 1300-1800''
p. 384. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Interior

Counter-facade

By 1400 there was already an organ in the church, which was rebuilt for the first time in 1532. The current organ is the work of Gaetano Callido, completed in 1776. the cantoria Show in the middle: ''Dispute of Jesus with the doctors of the temple''; on the left: ''Appeal of the Apostles''; on the right:'' Martyrdom of Saint James'', three paintings by

Andrea Schiavone Andrea Meldolla (), also known as Andrea Schiavone or Andrea lo Schiavone, literally "Andrew the Slav", (c. 1510/15–1563) was an Italian Renaissance painter and etcher, born in Dalmatia, in the Republic of Venice (present-day Croatia) to p ...

of the sixteenth century. San Giacomo dall'Orio (Venice) - Interior.jpg, Interior of the church San Giacomo dall'Orio (Venice) - controfacciata.jpg, Counter-facade

Right part of the nave

On the wall a Crucifixion and Mary Magdalene (end of the seventeenth century) this work was previously in the right absidial chapel, it was placed here in 1969. Above the confessional an oil on canvas ''The Miracle of the Virgin'' seventeenth century, by

Gaetano Zompini Gaetano Zompini (25 September 1700 – 20 May 1778) was an Italian printmaker and engraver, known for his prints depicting workers from the lower classes in Venice. Born in Nervesa della Battaglia, he apprenticed with Niccolò Bambini. He als ...

. Above the canvas a Romanesque window, with a simple ring, found during the restoration of 1903, remains of the old building of the thirteenth century On the wall: a painting depicting a ''Last Supper'' (sixteenth century), by a Venetian painter, Anonymous. ;The first altar The altar of the Madonna The arrangement dates from 1832 (see the tombstone on the left) with elements of Romanesque decoration of an unidentified desecrated church, anonymous work of the school Gaspari. A high relief of the Madonna of the Rosary by an unknown author, is at the origin of the dedication of the altar. On the altar a painted wooden statue of a Madonna of the fifteenth century.

Left transept

;First chapel ;On the wall: a painting of ''St. Sebastian between St. Lawrence and St. Roc'' (1500) by

Giovanni Buonconsiglio file:San Giacomo dall'Orio (Venice) - Interior - St Sebastian with St Lawrence and St Roch by Giovanni Buonconsiglio.jpg, St Sebastian with St Lawrence and St Roch San Giacomo dall'Orio (Venice) Giovanni Buonconsiglio (born Montecchio Maggiore c. ...

known as Marescalco. Initially the painting adorned the altarpiece of the church of

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, in the first altar on the right. ;Second altar :chapel of saint Laurent Devotion to this holy martyr had existed in this chapel since 1434. On the wall on the right: ''St. Lawrence distributing his goods to the poor'' (1575), by

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; on the left wall: ''The Martyrdom of the Saint ''(1582) by the same author 283 × 490 cm3. The painting of the altar: ''St. Lawrence, between St. Julian and St. Prosper'' (1581),

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, work offered by Laura Barbarigo, widow of the noble Giacomo Malipiero died in 1572. San Giacomo dall'Orio (Venice) - Interior - St Sebastian with St Lawrence and St Roch by Giovanni Buonconsiglio.jpg, ''St. Sebastian between St. Lawrence and St. Roc''

San Giacomo dall'Orio (Venice) - San Lorenzo, San Giuliano e San Prospero, (1581), di Paolo Veronese.jpg, ''St. Lawrence, between St. Julian and St. Prosper''

San Giacomo dall'Orio (Venice) - Martire di San Lorenzo di Palma il giovane.jpg, The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

The old sacristy

Small room that preserves intact the paneled decorations of the sixteenth century but also the sink in the center of the cabinet. On the ceiling: ''The Eucharist adored by the four Evangelists'' (1575) painted by J.

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. On the wall of separation with the nave: ''The passage of the Red Sea'', above the door: ''Christ placed in the tomb'' and on the right panel ''The Easter lamb''. On the right wall framed by two windows: ''St. Mark, St. Sylvester, St. James, the priest da Ponte in front of the Virgin'', below right a small painting ''The crucifixion between the Virgin and St. John'' On the wall facing ''Elijah Gate fed by the angel'', follows: ''The Manna Collection'', and: ''The Bronze Serpent'' (1575) The whole is by

. San Giacomo dall'Orio (Venice) - Eucarestia adorata dai quattro evangelisti (1575) - Palma il giovane.jpg, ''The Eucharist adored by the four Evangelists'' San Giacomo dall'Orio (Venice) - Passaggio del Mar Rosso - Palma il giovane.jpg, ''The passage of the Red Sea'' San Giacomo dall'Orio (Venice) - Cristo deposto nel sepolcro - Palma il giovane.jpg, ''Christ placed in the tomb'' San Giacomo dall'Orio (Venice) - L'agnello pasquale - Palma il giovane.jpg, ''The Easter lamb'' San Giacomo dall'Orio (Venice) - Il parroco da Ponte davanti alla Vergine, San Marco, San Silvestro e San Giacomo - Palma il giovane.jpg, ''St. Mark, St. Sylvester, St. James, the priest da Ponte in front of the Virgin'' San Giacomo dall'Orio (Venice) - Crocefisso tra la Madonna e san Giovanni - Palma il giovane.jpg, ''The crucifixion between the Virgin and St. John'' San Giacomo dall'Orio (Venice) - Elia cibato dall’angelo (1575) Palma il giovane.jpg, ''Elijah Gate fed by the angel'' San Giacomo dall'Orio (Venice) - La discesa della manna - Palma il giovane.jpg, ''The Manna Collection'' San Giacomo dall'Orio (Venice) - Serpente di bronzo - Palma il giovane.jpg, ''The Bronze Serpent''

Works of art

* Francesco Bassano (''Madonna in Glory'' and ''St John the Baptist preaching'' in the new sacristy, the latter including portraits of Bassano's family and

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) *

Lorenzo Lotto Lorenzo Lotto (c. 1480 – 1556/57) was an Italian Renaissance painter, draughtsman, and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school, though much of his career was spent in other north Italian cities. He painted mainly altarpie ...

('' Madonna and Four Saints'', the altarpiece of the high altar) *

Paolo Veneziano Paolo Veneziano, also Veneziano Paolo or Paolo da Venezia (active by 1333, died after 1358) was a 14th-century painter from Venice, the "founder of the Venetian school (art), Venetian School" of painting, probably active between about 1321 and 13 ...

(painted Crucifix hanging in front of the high altar (attributed)) *

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''Allegory of Faith'' and ''The Doctors of the Church'' on the ceiling of the new sacristy (both by Veronese's workshop))

References

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