Chiesa di San Francesco di Paola
In Chiesa di San Francesco di Paola, a Roman Catholic complex once gathered together charity, worship, and art along the Rio de Castello. In 1291, Bishop Bartolomeo Querini endowed a hospice for the elderly, and beside it stood an oratory dedicated to St Bartholomew. In the second half of the 14th century, a church for the same saint rose in the same orbit of care and devotion. By 1588, the church was placed under the Order of Minims connected with San Francesco di Paola, who refurbished it; in 1618, they reconsecrated the church to St Francis of Paola. Its classical facade carried two orders and a triangular tympanum, with a painted clock set at 9:30 AM. …
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