Chiesa di San Giovanni in Bragora
San Giovanni in Bragora is a Catholic church whose present-day form comes from a late-Gothic renovation between 1475 and 1505, when the basilica plan was kept but a brickwork façade was added in three vertical sections. Its earlier history reaches much further back: the church was founded in the early 8th century, “allegedly” by St. Magnus of Oderzo, and it was rebuilt again in the 12th century under Doge Pietro III Candiano to house alleged relics of St. John the Baptist, the church’s dedication—an emphasis renewed again in 1178. This is also a baptismal landmark for some of Venice’s most consequential names. Pietro Barbo, who later became Pope Paul II, and Antonio Vivaldi were baptised here, and Antonio Vivaldi himself was baptised in 1678. …
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