- San Biagio
San Biagio is a church dedicated to
Saint Blaise , in the sestiere ofCastello inVenice .The church now stands adjacent to the Museo Storico Navale, and is officiated by a military chaplain. Till 1511, this served as the church for the Greek community which had emigrated to Venice after the fall of
Constantinople . It was rebuilt in 1745-1752, likely to plans ofFilippo Rossi . The vault was frescoed byGiovanni Scajaro with "Saint Blaise in Glory". The altars were transferred here from the church of Sant'Anna. The left hand wall has funerary monument with the heart ofFrancis Frederick, Archduke of Austria (died 1847). The tomb of AdmiralAngelo Emo (died 1792) has a statue (1818) byGiovanni Ferrari .References
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