| Church of Saint Roch Chiesa di San Rocco |
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Facade of the Chiesa di San Rocco. |
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| Basic information | |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Year consecrated | 1508 |
| Status | Active |
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| Architect(s) | Bartolomeo Bon |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Architectural style | Renaissance |
| Groundbreaking | 1489 |
| Completed | 1771 |
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| Length | 40 metres (130 ft) |
| Width | 20 metres (66 ft) |
The Church of Saint Roch (Italian: Chiesa di San Rocco) is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Roch in Venice, northern Italy. It was built between 1489 and 1508 by Bartolomeo Bon the Younger, but was substantially altered in 1725. The façade dates from 1765 to 1771.[1] The church is one of the Plague-churches built in Venice.[2]
St. Roch, whose relics rest in the church after their transfer from Voghera (trad. Montpellier) in, was declared a patron saint of the city in 1576. Every year, on his feast day (16 August), the Doge made a pilgrimage to the church.
Near the church is the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, noted for its numerous Tintoretto paintings. It was founded in the 15th century as a confraternity to assist the citizens in time of plague.
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The body of Saint Roch was brought to Venice where his body was said to have been surreptitiously translated and was triumphantly inaugurated in 1485. It was decided to build a church to cover it, and a confratenity, already established in 1478 in the neighborhood for the care of the sick poor, engaged themselves to pay for its erection. The Scuola di San Rocco (English: Confraternity of St. Roch) took eventually its name from the church.
The church interior is notable for its Tintoretto paintings found in the sala dell'Albergo including:
Also present are a monument to Pellegrino Baselli Grillo (1517) and a statue of St. Roch by Bartolomeo Bon.
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