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EspañolBASILICA DEI SANTI GIOVANNI E PAOLO (VENICE)
(Redirected from Basilica di San Zanipolo)
The 'Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo', known in the Venetian form of 'San Zanipolo', is one of the largest churches of Venice and has the status of a minor basilica. A huge Gothic brick edifice, it is the Dominican church of Venice, and as such was built for preaching to large congregations. It is dedicated to John and Paul, not the Biblical apostles of the same names, but two obscure martyrs of the Early Christian church in Rome, whose names were recorded in the 3rd century but whose legend is of a later date.
In 1246, Doge Giacomo Tiepolo donated some swampland to the Dominicans after dreaming of a flock of white doves flying over it. The first church was demolished in 1333, when the current church was begun. It was not completed until 1430.
The vast interior contains many funerary monuments and paintings, as well as the ''Madonna della Pace'', a miraculous Byzantine statue situated in its own chapel in the south aisle, and a foot of St Catherine of Siena, the church's chief relic.
San Zanipolo is a parish church of the Vicariate of San Marco-Castello. Other churches of the parish are San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti, the Ospedaletto and the Beata Vergine Addolorata.
★ Giovanni Bellini (''SS Vincent Ferrer, Christopher and Sebastian'' in the south aisle)
★ Bartolomeo Bon (the great west doorway)
★ Cima da Conegliano or Giovanni Martini da Udine (''Coronation of the Virgin'' in the south transept)
★ Piero di Niccolò Lamberti and Giovanni di Martino (tomb of Doge Tommaso Mocenigo in the north aisle)
★ Pietro Lombardo (tombs of Doge Pietro Mocenigo on the west wall and Doges Pasquale Malipiero and Nicolò Marcello in the north aisle; tomb of Alvise Diedo in the south aisle)
★ Tullio Lombardo ( and Alessandro Leopardo?)(tomb of Doge Andrea Vendramin on the north wall of the choir)
★ Lorenzo Lotto (''St Antonine'' in the south transept)
★ Rocco Marconi (''Christ between SS Peter and Andrew'' in the south transept)
★ Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (''St Dominic in Glory'' on the ceiling of the Capella di San Domenico)
★ Veronese (''The Assumption'', ''The Annunciation'' and ''The Adoration of the Magi'' on the ceiling of the Capella del Rosario; ''The Adoration of the Shepherds'' in the Capella del Rosario)
★ Alessandro Vittoria (''St Jerome'' in the north aisle)
★ Alvise Vivarini (''Christ carrying the Cross'' in the sacristy)
★ Bartolomeo Vivarini (''Three Saints'' in the north aisle)
The Capella del Rosario (Chapel of the Rosary), built in 1582 to commemorate the victory of Lepanto, contained paintings by Tintoretto, Palma the Younger, Titian and Giovanni Bellini, among others, but they were destroyed in a fire in 1867 attributed to anti-Catholic arsonists.
After the 15th century the funeral services of all of Venice's doges were held in San Zanipolo. Twenty-five doges are buried in the church, including:
★ Giacomo Tiepolo (d. 1249)
★ Renier Zeno (d. 1268)
★ Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo (d. 1275)
★ Giovanni Dolfin (d. 1361)
★ Marco Corner (d. 1368)
★ Michele Morosini (d. 1382)
★ Antonio Venier (d. 1400)
★ Michele Steno (d. 1413)
★ Tommaso Mocenigo (d. 1423)
★ Pasquale Malipiero (d. 1462)
★ Nicolò Marcello (d. 1474)
★ Pietro Mocenigo (d. 1476)
★ Andrea Vendramin (d. 1478)
★ Giovanni Mocenigo (d. 1485)
★ Alvise Mocenigo (d. 1577)
★ Sebastiano Venier (d. 1578)
★ Bertucci Valier (d. 1658)
★ Silvestro Valier (d. 1700)
Other people buried in the church include:
★ Orazio Baglioni (d. 1617), general
★ Gentile Bellini
★ Giovanni Bellini
★ Gianbattista Bonzi (d. 1508), senator
★ Bartolomeo Bragadin (poet)
★ Marco Antonio Bragadin (d.1571), general flayed alive by the Turks - the tomb contains only his skin
★ Jacopo Cavalli (d. 1384), general
★ Alvise Diedo
★ Marco Giustiniani (d. 1346), sea captain
★ Pompeo Giustiniani (d. 1616), condottiero
★ Leonardo da Prato (d.1511), condottiero
★ Niccolò Orsini, general
★ Palma the Younger (d. 1628), artist
★ Vettor Pisani (d. 1380), admiral
★ Alvise Trevisan (d. 1528)
★ Sir Edward Windsor (d. 1574)
★ Santa Anastasia (Verona), a similar Dominican church
★ Satellite image from Google Maps
The church of San Zanipolo.
Interior of the church.
The 'Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo', known in the Venetian form of 'San Zanipolo', is one of the largest churches of Venice and has the status of a minor basilica. A huge Gothic brick edifice, it is the Dominican church of Venice, and as such was built for preaching to large congregations. It is dedicated to John and Paul, not the Biblical apostles of the same names, but two obscure martyrs of the Early Christian church in Rome, whose names were recorded in the 3rd century but whose legend is of a later date.
In 1246, Doge Giacomo Tiepolo donated some swampland to the Dominicans after dreaming of a flock of white doves flying over it. The first church was demolished in 1333, when the current church was begun. It was not completed until 1430.
The vast interior contains many funerary monuments and paintings, as well as the ''Madonna della Pace'', a miraculous Byzantine statue situated in its own chapel in the south aisle, and a foot of St Catherine of Siena, the church's chief relic.
San Zanipolo is a parish church of the Vicariate of San Marco-Castello. Other churches of the parish are San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti, the Ospedaletto and the Beata Vergine Addolorata.
| Contents |
| Notable artists |
| Funerary monuments |
| See also |
| External links |
Notable artists
★ Giovanni Bellini (''SS Vincent Ferrer, Christopher and Sebastian'' in the south aisle)
★ Bartolomeo Bon (the great west doorway)
★ Cima da Conegliano or Giovanni Martini da Udine (''Coronation of the Virgin'' in the south transept)
★ Piero di Niccolò Lamberti and Giovanni di Martino (tomb of Doge Tommaso Mocenigo in the north aisle)
★ Pietro Lombardo (tombs of Doge Pietro Mocenigo on the west wall and Doges Pasquale Malipiero and Nicolò Marcello in the north aisle; tomb of Alvise Diedo in the south aisle)
★ Tullio Lombardo ( and Alessandro Leopardo?)(tomb of Doge Andrea Vendramin on the north wall of the choir)
★ Lorenzo Lotto (''St Antonine'' in the south transept)
★ Rocco Marconi (''Christ between SS Peter and Andrew'' in the south transept)
★ Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (''St Dominic in Glory'' on the ceiling of the Capella di San Domenico)
★ Veronese (''The Assumption'', ''The Annunciation'' and ''The Adoration of the Magi'' on the ceiling of the Capella del Rosario; ''The Adoration of the Shepherds'' in the Capella del Rosario)
★ Alessandro Vittoria (''St Jerome'' in the north aisle)
★ Alvise Vivarini (''Christ carrying the Cross'' in the sacristy)
★ Bartolomeo Vivarini (''Three Saints'' in the north aisle)
The Capella del Rosario (Chapel of the Rosary), built in 1582 to commemorate the victory of Lepanto, contained paintings by Tintoretto, Palma the Younger, Titian and Giovanni Bellini, among others, but they were destroyed in a fire in 1867 attributed to anti-Catholic arsonists.
Funerary monuments
After the 15th century the funeral services of all of Venice's doges were held in San Zanipolo. Twenty-five doges are buried in the church, including:
★ Giacomo Tiepolo (d. 1249)
★ Renier Zeno (d. 1268)
★ Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo (d. 1275)
★ Giovanni Dolfin (d. 1361)
★ Marco Corner (d. 1368)
★ Michele Morosini (d. 1382)
★ Antonio Venier (d. 1400)
★ Michele Steno (d. 1413)
★ Tommaso Mocenigo (d. 1423)
★ Pasquale Malipiero (d. 1462)
★ Nicolò Marcello (d. 1474)
★ Pietro Mocenigo (d. 1476)
★ Andrea Vendramin (d. 1478)
★ Giovanni Mocenigo (d. 1485)
★ Alvise Mocenigo (d. 1577)
★ Sebastiano Venier (d. 1578)
★ Bertucci Valier (d. 1658)
★ Silvestro Valier (d. 1700)
Other people buried in the church include:
★ Orazio Baglioni (d. 1617), general
★ Gentile Bellini
★ Giovanni Bellini
★ Gianbattista Bonzi (d. 1508), senator
★ Bartolomeo Bragadin (poet)
★ Marco Antonio Bragadin (d.1571), general flayed alive by the Turks - the tomb contains only his skin
★ Jacopo Cavalli (d. 1384), general
★ Alvise Diedo
★ Marco Giustiniani (d. 1346), sea captain
★ Pompeo Giustiniani (d. 1616), condottiero
★ Leonardo da Prato (d.1511), condottiero
★ Niccolò Orsini, general
★ Palma the Younger (d. 1628), artist
★ Vettor Pisani (d. 1380), admiral
★ Alvise Trevisan (d. 1528)
★ Sir Edward Windsor (d. 1574)
See also
★ Santa Anastasia (Verona), a similar Dominican church
External links
★ Satellite image from Google Maps
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