Scuola Grande di San Teodoro
The Scuola Grande di San Teodoro was first a Venetian confraternity—an institution older in origin than any other “Scuola Grande,” yet it took more than a century before it was joined by another newly raised school among the six historic ones. The confraternity traced its devotional roots to an earlier group dedicated to Saint Theodore, founded in the 8th century near the chapel tied to the dogal complex that later became the site of San Marco. The confraternity turned into an actual school in 1258, established at the church of San Salvador. A decisive moment followed in 1261, when the remains of Saint Theodore arrived from Constantinople and were ceremonially laid in an altar there—an obligation that the school took seriously, funding light and decoration for the chapel. …
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