Church of San Martino on Venice Empire

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Church of San Martino

The Church of Saint Martin dates from the tenth century (936) but was completely rebuilt in the sixteenth century from designs by Jacopo Sansovino. The architect turned the entire structure by 90 degrees and gave it a square floor-plan, adding two chapels on each side and a new building to the side of the church became the Scuola di San Martin - School of Saint Martin. Venice has a special tie to Saint Martin as the Scuola once housed the Devotional School of Saint Martin (1335-1771) which owned relics of his finger, tibia and a piece of the cloak. The tibia was given to the Scuola di San Giovanni Evangelista in 1441 in return for restoration work to the church and every year on the 11th of November the relic was carried in a solemn procession from the Scuola di San Giovanni Evangelista to the Church of Saint Martin. This tradition ended with the fall of the Venetian Republic in 1797.

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