Chiesa Santa Lucia Venezia foto Bonaldi 1861

Santa Lucia was a church in

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, northern Italy, which was demolished in 1861.

History

According to

Jacopo Sansovino Jacopo d'Antonio Sansovino (2 July 1486 – 27 November 1570) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect, best known for his works around the Piazza San Marco in Venice. These are crucial works in the history of Venetian Renaissance arc ...

, the church was founded in 1192 as a local parish dedicated to the Annunciation of Mary. According to the tradition, it changed name in 1279 after the drowning of some pilgrims going to venerate the body of St. Lucy, stolen by the Venetians in the

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during the

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and then in the island of

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. It was thus decided to move the corpse to the church in the main island of Venice. In 1580, just before his death,

Andrea Palladio Andrea Palladio ( , ; ; 30 November 1508 – 19 August 1580) was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily Vitruvius, is widely considered to be on ...

had executed some drawings for a renovation of the interior, although the church was finished 30 years after and thus his intervention is disputed/ In 1806, after the Napoleonic invasion of northern Italy, the nuns then holding the church and its convent were expelled. In 1860, when the city was connected to the mainland's railway, the complex was destined to demolition. It was replaced by the

Venezia Santa Lucia Venezia Santa Lucia () is the central station of Venice in the north-east of Italy. It is a terminus and located at the northern edge of Venice's historic city (). The station is one of Venice's two most important railway stations; the other on ...

railway station. The saint's body was transferred to the nearby church of

San Geremia San Geremia is a church in Venice, northern Italy, located in the ''sestiere'' of Cannaregio. The apse of the church faces the Grand Canal (Venice), between the Palazzo Labia and the Palazzo Flangini. The edifice is popular as the seat of the cul ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lucia Roman Catholic churches in Venice 1863 disestablishments 17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Destroyed churches in Venice Buildings and structures demolished in 1861 Saint Lucy