San Giovanni Grisostomo
San Giovanni Grisostomo—dedicated to Saint John Chrysostom—compresses several centuries of Venetian religious and artistic life into one small church. The first foundation dates to 1080, but the building was destroyed by fire in 1475. It was then rebuilt beginning 1497 under Mauro Codussi and his son Domenico, with construction completed in 1525—a Renaissance turn that still frames your experience here. Inside, the plan follows a Greek cross, and the bell tower comes from the late 16th century. A striking detail sits behind the façade: two canvasses hung where organ doors once were, painted by Giovanni Mansueti and portraying Onuphrius, Agatha, Andrew, and John Chrysostom. The church also received a major relic—in 1516, a relic of Chrysostom, his finger, was donated here. …
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