San Lio, Venice

San Lio
	San Lio in Venice
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Province	Venice
Location
Location	Venice, Italy
	Shown within Venice San Lio, Venice (Italy)
Geographic coordinates	45°26′15″N 12°20′19″E
Architecture
Completed	9th century

San Lio is a church located on the campo of the same name in the sestiere of Castello.

History

Built in the 9th century by the patrician family of the Badoer it was first named St Catherine of Alexandria. In 1054, it was rededicated to St Leone (san Lio in venetian dialect) in honor of pope Leo IX, who had favored the cause of Venice in a 1043 dispute between the Doge Contarini of Venice, the Patriarch of Aquileia over who had supremacy over the region of Grado.

Miracle of the relic of the Holy Cross in Campo San Lio by Giovanni Mansueti, 1494

Architecture and Interior Decoration

The presbytery was rebuilt in the 15th century, and the church underwent a major reconstruction and design in 1783. The latest reconstruction led to a single nave; the bell-tower was taken down. The interior retains some paintings and sculpture including:

St James (c. 1540) by Titian
Angels and virtues by Giandomenico Tiepolo
Dead Christ upheld by Saints and Angels (main altarpiece) by Jacopo Palma il Giovane .
Above the entrance to the chapel to the left is the funeral monument to Andrea Pisani, who died in 1718.

The child has an organ from the 18th century. painted with Life of David and Virgin with Putti .

Interior
Baptismal font and Pulpit
Angels and virtues by Giandomenico Tiepolo
Padre Celeste con santi Pietro Antonio Novelli
Apostolo Giacomo il maggiore - Titian - 1558
Gloria di Maria - Venetian school before 1700.
Monument to Andrea Pisani

Choir

Dead Christ upheld by Saints and Angels by Jacopo Palma il Giovane
Angel comes down to comfort Elijah P. Moro

Chapel Gusoni

Four Evangelists, sculpture by Pietro Lombardo, and a Pietà with Saints, by his son Tullio Lombardo in the chapel of the Gussoni family.
Gussoni Red Veil Paintings Triptych (2015), by artist Sylke von Gaza commissioned by Curia Patriarcale di Venezia[1]

Gussoni chapel with Gussoni Red Veil Paintings Triptych (2015) by Sylke von Gaza
Relief of Lamentation of Christ by Tullio Lombardo
Tomb of Canaletto

Bibliography

Le chiese di Venezia, Marcello Brusegan; Ed. Newton
Italian Wikipedia Entry

References

Patriarcato di Venezia, Ufficio Beni Culturali e Turismo. "Art-Project Beyond the Veil: Gussoni Red Veil Paintings Triptych (2015)". www.veneziaupt.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-07-26.

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[1] Patriarcato di Venezia, Ufficio Beni Culturali e Turismo. "Art-Project Beyond the Veil: Gussoni Red Veil Paintings Triptych (2015)". www.veneziaupt.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-07-26.