Santo Stefano is a Roman Catholic,

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-style parish church in

Belluno Belluno (; lld, Belum; vec, Belùn) is a town and province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Located about north of Venice, Belluno is the capital of the province of Belluno and the most important city in the Eastern Dolomites region ...

, region of Veneto, Italy.

History

The first church at the site was dedicated to ''Santa Maria della Gracie'', but rededicated and built in 1486. The main altarpiece depicting a ''Baptism of Jesus'' is by followers of Titian. Along the nave are canvases by Cesare Vecellio depicting ''Abraham, Melchisedec and the Venetian Podesta Marcantonio Cornaro''; attributed to Leonardo Corona is a ''Mannah in the Desert with Podesta Marco Giustiniano''; and the presbytery has two life-size angels sculpted in wood by Andrea Brustolon. Some of the works were moved here from other suppressed churches. The altarpiece dedicated to St Anthony Abbot was painted by Nicolò de Stefani. The altar of the Virgin of the Rosary has a crucifix by Brustoloni and paintings by

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. Other works include: ''Carrying the Cross'' and a ''Deposition from the Cross'' by Antonio Lazzarini. The piazza in front, once displayed a

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of a Roman cavalry officer, Caius Flavius Hostilius found under the choir of the present church.Un Solo Giorno a Belluno, Memoria del Conte Florio Miari
by Florio Miari, Stamperia Deliberali, Belluno, 1842, page 24-25. The sarcophagus is now on display in the civic museum of

Palazzo Crepadona The Palazzo Crepadona is a medieval palace, presently used as a cultural center including a civic library (Biblioteca Civica di Belluno) and display halls in the historic center of Belluno, region of Veneto, Italy. Description The abandoned palace ...

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