Chiesa di San Sebastian
This spot commemorates the church dedicated to Saint Sebastian, invoked across Europe against plague and pestilence—and in Venice it belonged to the city’s five votive churches, built after outbreaks as an act of spiritual “temperance” against divine punishment. Long before the church took shape, a hospice founded by the confraternity of the Gerolimine fathers operated here in 1393, with an oratory added in 1396 for Santa Maria Full of Grace and Justice. That religious complex was later expanded and, in 1468, converted into a church for Saint Sebastian, then altered from 1506 onward through a major restructuring and enlargement overseen by Antonio Abbondi (Scarpagnino). The work finished in 1548, and the church was consecrated in 1562 in a Renaissance style with a single nave. …
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