Sant'Antonin is a church in the sestiere of Castello in

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, Italy.

History

The church was initially founded by the patrician Badoer family in the seventh century. It was reconstructed in the 12th century, and again in 1680, under designs of

Baldassare Longhena Baldassare Longhena (1598 – 18 February 1682) was an Italian architect, who worked mainly in Venice, where he was one of the greatest exponents of Baroque architecture of the period. His style is characterized by monumentality, skillful use of l ...

. The bell-tower was added in 1750. The chapel on the left, dedicated to St Saba, was frescoed by Alessandro Vittoria on the walls, and in the ceiling by

Sebastiano Ricci Sebastiano Ricci (1 August 165915 May 1734) was an Italian Baroque painter of the late Baroque period in Venetian painting. About the same age as Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Piazzetta, and an elder contemporary of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Tie ...

with ''Saints Saba and Antonin''. The Chapel’s altarpiece by

Lazzaro Bastiani Lazzaro Bastiani (1429 – 5 April 1512) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, active mainly in Venice. He was born in Padua. He is first recorded as a painter in Venice by 1460 in a payment for an altarpiece of San Samuele, for the Procura ...

depicts a ''Deposition''. It derives originally from the church of

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. The Tiepolo family commissioned the decoration of another chapel, with works by

Palma il Giovane 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 ...

depicting the life of San Saba. The chapel is said to contain his remains brought here from

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Lorenzo Tiepolo Lorenzo Tiepolo (died 15 August 1275) was doge of the Republic of Venice from 1268 until his death. Biography Born in Venice, Lorenzo Tiepolo was the son of Doge Jacopo Tiepolo. Tiepolo demonstrated skill as a commander when, during the War o ...

during the 13th century

War of Saint Sabas The War of Saint Sabas (1256–1270) was a conflict between the rival Italian maritime republics of Genoa (aided by Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre, John of Arsuf, and the Knights Hospitaller) and Venice (aided by the Count of Jaffa and Asca ...

. The chapel also has a bust of Alvise Tiepolo by Alessandro Vittoria. Chiesa di Sant'Antonin Venezia - Campanile.jpg, Campanile S antonin interior 1.JPG, Interior

Bibliography

*Marcello Brusegan, ''Le chiese di Venezia'', Newton Compton, 2008. .

External links

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Sant’Antonin
'' The Churches of Venice. Retrieved: 12 August, 2015. {{Authority control Antonin Antonin Roman Catholic churches completed in 1680 1680 establishments in Italy