Church of San Stin

Church of San Stin
Church of San Stin seen in View of Venice by Jacopo de' Barbari
Location
LocationVenice
CountryItaly
Interactive map of Church of San Stin
Coordinates45°26′16.4″N 12°19′36.8″E / 45.437889°N 12.326889°E / 45.437889; 12.326889

The Church of San Stin was a church located on the current site of Campo San Stin, in the San Polo sestiere of Venice, Italy.

History

Campo San Stin in 2017

The church was dedicated to Saint Stephen the Confessor (possibly referring to Stephen the Younger as Venetian merchants who frequently travelled to Constantinople would have heard of his deeds),[1] referred to as San Stefanino to distinguish it from the larger church of Saint Stephen, and corrupted to San Stin.[2] The first known reference to the church was recorded in Andrea Dandolo's chronicle, stating that the church was almost completely consumed by fire in 1105.[3]

It was subsequently restored in the second half of the 13th century by Giorgio Zancani, a venetian noble from Crete.[4]

The church contained a painting by Tintoretto of the Assumption of the Virgin which is now located in the Gallerie dell'Accademia.[5][6]

The church finally closed in 1810 during the Napoleonic suppression of Italy and the territory of the parish was incorporated into the parish of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari[4] and was demolished shortly afterwards,[2] though the remains of the bell tower remain.[7] The former site of the church is now a square called Campo San Stin, named after the church.[8][9] Italian artist Bernardo Bellotto created a painting of the square.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Cornaro, Flaminio (1758). Notizie storiche delle chiese e monasteri di Venezia, e di Torcello, tratte dalle chiese venezian, e torcellane (in Italian). Nella stamperia del Seminario appresso G. Manfrè. pp. 346–347.
  2. ^ a b Tassini, Giuseppe (1885). Edifici di Venezia distrutti o vôlti ad uso diverso da quello a cui furono in origine destinati (in Italian). Reale tip. G. Cecchini. p. 63.
  3. ^ Danduli, Andreae. "Chronica per extensum descripta". preserver.beic.it (in Latin). p. 225. Retrieved 2026-01-13. Eodem anno ignis de domo Henrici Geno casualiter emanans, contratas Sanctorum Apolostorum, Sancti Casiani, Sancte Marie Matrisdomini, Sancte Agathe, Sancti Agustini et Sancti Stephani confessoris quasi in totum consumpsit.
  4. ^ a b "SIUSA | Ecclesiae Venetae - Parrocchia di Santo Stefano confessore, Venezia". siusa.archivi.beniculturali.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
  5. ^ "Assumption of the Virgin by TINTORETTO". www.wga.hu. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
  6. ^ "assunzione della Madonna dipinto 1550 - 1550". catalogo.beniculturali.it. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
  7. ^ Bassi, Elena (1997). Tracce di chiese veneziane distrutte: ricostruzioni dai disegni di Antonio Visentini (in Italian). Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti. ISBN 978-88-86166-42-3.
  8. ^ RAGG, CANON & MRS LONSDALE (1916). VENICE.
  9. ^ Freely, John (2008-04-30). Strolling Through Venice: The Definitive Walking Guidebook to La Serenissima. Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 978-1-84511-578-4. The campo is named for the ancient church of San Stin ( Venetian dialect for St Stephen the Priest ) , suppressed by the French and demolished early in the 19C . In the centre of the campo there is a cylindrical vera da...
  10. ^ "Campo San Stin, Venice". National Trust Collections. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
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