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.Travel Signposts website, Chiesa di San Lio, Castello 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.
The painter Canaletto was baptized and buried at this church. Lonely Planet website, Chiesa di San Lio
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 the Major (c. 1540) by TitianGallery IX website, Titian - St James the Major Angels and virtues by Giandomenico Tiepolo St Leo in Glory by Giandomenico TiepoloVictoria and Albert Museum website, St Leo in Glory (sketch for the ceiling of the church of San Lio, Venice) 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.
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Chapel Gusoni Four Evangelists, sculpture by Pietro Lombardo,Save Venice website, Gussoni Chapel 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 GazaSylke von Gaza website, Project "Beyond the Veil", Chiesa San Lio, Venezia 2015 commissioned by Curia Patriarcale di Venezia
Bibliography Le chiese di Venezia, Marcello Brusegan; Ed. Newton Italian Wikipedia Entry
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