The Chiesa di Santo Stefano (Church of

St. Stephen Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ''Stéphanos'', meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", often given as a title rather than as a name; c. 5 – c. 34 AD) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first ...

) is a large Roman Catholic church at the northern end of the

Campo Santo Stefano Campo Santo Stefano is a city square near the Ponte dell'Accademia, in the sestiere of San Marco, Venice, Italy. Buildings around the square *Santo Stefano, Venice *San Vidal, Venice *Palazzo Morosini Gatterburg *Palazzo Loredan *Palazzo Pisani ...

in the sestiere of San Marco,

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

, Italy.

History

It was founded in the 13th century, rebuilt in the 14th century and altered again early in the 15th century, when the fine

gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...

doorway and ship's keel roof were added. The tall interior is also Gothic in style and has three apses. Santo Stefano is parish church of one of the parishes in the Vicariate of San Marco-Castello. The other churches of the parish are San Samuele, San Maurizio, San Vidal and the Oratorio di San Angelo degli Zoppi. File:Campanile of Santo Stefano (Venice).jpg, Campanile of Santo Stefano Venice, seen from the Campo Sant'Angelo. File:Santo Stefano (Venice) Campaniles.jpg, Leaning campanile, and empty bellcote File:Portal of Santo Stefano (Venice).jpg, Gothic portal attributed to Bartolomeo Bon. File:Ponte sotto San Stefano (Venice).jpg, ''Ponte sotto San Stefano'' File:2012 Cloister - Former convent of Santo Stefano (Venice).jpg, Former convent of Santo Stefano, in Venice, The main cloister, East exposure.

Works of art

Antonio Canova Antonio Canova (; 1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures. Often regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists,. his sculpture was inspired by the Baroque and the cl ...

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stele A stele ( ),Anglicized plural steles ( ); Greek plural stelai ( ), from Greek , ''stēlē''. The Greek plural is written , ''stēlai'', but this is only rarely encountered in English. or occasionally stela (plural ''stelas'' or ''stelæ''), whe ...

commemorating Giovanni Falier in the baptistery) * Pietro Lombardo (tomb of Giacomo Surian) * Tullio Lombardo (two marble statuettes in the

sacristy A sacristy, also known as a vestry or preparation room, is a room in Christian churches for the keeping of vestments (such as the alb and chasuble) and other church furnishings, sacred vessels, and parish records. The sacristy is usually located ...

(attributed)) * Tintoretto (''The Agony in the Garden'', ''The Last Supper'' and ''The Washing of the Disciples' Feet'', all in the sacristy) * Paolo Veneziano (painted Crucifix in the sacristy) *

Bartolomeo Vivarini Bartolomeo or Bartolommeo Vivarini (c. 1432c. 1499) was an Italian Renaissance painter, known to have worked from 1450 to 1499. Biography Bartolomeo's brother Antonio Vivarini, and his nephew (also possibly his pupil) Alvise Vivarini, were a ...

('' St Lawrence'' and '' St Nicholas of Bari'' in the

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Funerary monuments

* Doge Andrea Contarini (d.1382) * Giovanni Falier * Doge Francesco Morosini * Giacomo Surian * Giovanni Gabrieli (d. 1612) Nave of Santo Stefano (Venice).jpg, Interior Domenico Contarini's mausoleum (Venice).jpg, Domenico Contarini's mausoleum Antonio Zorzi - Tomb in Santo Stefano in Venice.jpg, Antonio Zorzi - Tomb Giacomo Surian's grave (Venice).jpg, Giacomo Surian's grave Jacopo Tintoretto - The Last Supper - WGA22613.jpg, The Last Supper Jacopo Tintoretto

External links

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(at the top end of the long Campo Santo Stefano) {{DEFAULTSORT:Stefano Roman Catholic churches in Venice 14th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Religious organizations established in the 13th century Gothic architecture in Venice