Tolentini, Venice

The Chiesa di San Nicolò da Tolentino, commonly known as the Tolentini, is a church in the sestiere of Santa Croce in Venice, northern Italy. It lies in a Campo of the same name and along the Rio dei Tolentini, near the Giardino Papadopoli.

Church of San Nicolò da Tolentino
Facade on Campo dei Tolentini.
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic
ProvinceVenice
Location
LocationVenice, Italy
Tolentini, Venice is located in Venice
Tolentini, Venice
Shown within Venice
Tolentini, Venice is located in Italy
Tolentini, Venice
Tolentini, Venice (Italy)
Geographic coordinates45.4374°N 12.3221°E / 45.4374; 12.3221
Architecture
Architect(s)Vincenzo Scamozzi and Andrea Tirali
TypeChurch
Completed1714
The north side of the church and the campanile.

History

The Theatines arrived in Venice in 1527 after the Sack of Rome. The church dedicated to Saint Nicholas of Tolentino was begun in 1590 by Vincenzo Scamozzi. The relationship between Scamozzi and his patrons was stormy, and the church was finally completed only in 1714. It is a large church with a huge freestanding Corinthian portico, the only one in Venice, designed by Andrea Tirali.

The Tolentini is a parish church of the Vicariate of San Polo-Santa Croce-Dorsoduro. The church contains the tomb of Doge Giovanni I Corner, Francesco Corner, Giovanni II Corner, and Paolo Renier. The funereal monument of the Patriarch of Venice, Giovan Francesco Morosini (d.1678) in the chancel, was completed by the Genovese sculptor Filippo Parodi. The baroque organ was constructed by Pietro Nacchini in 1754.

Works of art
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