Chiesa di San Rocco
Chiesa di San Rocco is one of Venice’s “plague churches,” dedicated to Saint Roch, whose relics rest here after their transfer from Voghera. Saint Roch was declared patron saint of the city in 1576, and every year on 16 August—the saint’s feast day—the Doge made a pilgrimage to this church. The building began in the late 15th century: it was built between 1489 and 1508 by Bartolomeo Bon the Younger, then substantially altered in 1725, with later work carrying into 1726 under Giovanni Antonio Scalfurotto. What you see on the façade was shaped later still, dated 1765–1771 and designed by Bernardino Maccarucci. Over the semicircular tympanum stands the statue of Saint Roch by Giuseppe Bernardi, while the relief in the second register depicts the saint healing plague-stricken people by Giovanni Morlaiter.
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