San Beneto

Church of San Beneto
Map of Venice with location of church
Location within Venice
Basic information
Geographic coordinates 45°26′08″N 12°19′57″E / 45.435626°N 12.332386°E / 45.435626; 12.332386Coordinates: 45°26′08″N 12°19′57″E / 45.435626°N 12.332386°E / 45.435626; 12.332386
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Municipality Venice
Country Italy
Architectural description
Architectural type Church
Architectural style Baroque
Completed 1685

The Chiesa di San Benedetto (Church of Saint Benedict) is a Roman Catholic church in Venice, northern Italy. Generally known as San Beneto in the Venetian dialect, the church faces the square named after it, the Campo San Beneto. It was founded in the 11th century and rebuilt in 1685.

San Beneto is a vicariale (subsidiary) church of the parish of San Luca.[1]

Works of art

  • A Priest recommended to the Virgin by St Benedict and St Benedict with John the Baptist and the Virtues by Sebastiano Mazzoni located over the doors to either side of the high altar.
  • St Sebastian tended by the Holy Women by Bernardo Strozzi located on the south wall.
  • San Francesco di Paola by Giambattista Tiepolo located on the north wall.

References

  1. ↑ "Chiesa di San Benedetto". Le Chiese delle diocesi Italiane (in Italian).


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