Chiesa di San Giovanni Elemosinario
In the Chiesa di San Giovanni Elemosinario, Venice once honored Saint John the Almsgiver, tying the church’s identity to one of Christianity’s best-known images of charity. The original church was founded in 1071, but it was completely destroyed in the disastrous Rialto fire of 1514. After the fire, the building was rebuilt by Antonio Abbondi, called Scarpagnino, linking the site to Renaissance rebuilding in a commercial district shaped by the Rialto Market. In the decades that followed, major artists made the church a visual statement of doctrine and devotion. During the 16th century, Antonio Vassilacchi worked there, and the high altar carried an altarpiece of St. John the Almsgiver by Titian, dated 1545–1550. …
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