Misplaced Pages

San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo di Venezia
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Province	Venice
Location
Location	Venice, Italy
Shown within VeniceShow map of VeniceSan Lorenzo, Venice (Italy)Show map of Italy
Geographic coordinates	45°26′14″N 12°20′44″E / 45.43722°N 12.34556°E / 45.43722; 12.34556
Architecture
Completed	9th century

San Lorenzo is a church building in the sestiere of Castello of Venice, northern Italy.

The church dates to the 9th century, and became attached to the neighboring Benedictine monastery. It was rebuilt in 1580-1616 to designs by Simone Sorela. The high altar was partially sculpted by Giovanni Maria da Cannaregio using designs by Girolamo Campagna. The latter sculptor completed the statues of Saints Lawrence and Sebastian. Marco Polo was buried there, per his request on his deathbed. His remains had been in the chapel of St. Sebastian, which was demolished in 1580. Since then there has been no information regarding the whereabouts of his ashes, which are consequently missing.

Saint Paul I of Constantinople relics were brought to Venice in 1226. They are currently kept in San Lorenzo.

References

1. Lino Moretti in Tassini, p. 743: S. Lorenzo n. 3.
2. Francesco Sansovino e Giustiniano Martinioni , Venetia città nobilissima et singolare descritta in XIIII libri da M. Francesco Sansovino, Venezia, Steffano Curti, 1663, pp. 79-81.

This article about a church building or other Christian place of worship in Italy is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Roman Catholic churches completed in 1616
• 17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
• Roman Catholic churches in Venice
• Baroque architecture in Venice
• 9th-century establishments in Italy
• 1616 establishments in Italy
• Italian church stubs