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San Moise
San Moise facade
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Province	Venice
Location
Location	Venice , Italy
Shown within Venice Show map of Venice San Moise, Venice (Italy) Show map of Italy
Geographic coordinates	45°25′59″N 12°20′10″E  /  45.43306°N 12.33611°E  / 45.43306; 12.33611

The Chiesa di San Moise (or San Moise Profeta ) is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church in Venice , northern Italy .

History [ edit ]

The church was built initially in the 7th century. It is dedicated to Moses since like the Byzantines , the Venetians often considered Old Testament prophets as canonized saints. It also honours Moise Venier , the aristocrat who funded the reconstruction during the 9th century.

San Moise is the parish church of one of the parishes in the Vicariate of San Marco-Castello. The other churches within the parish are Santa Maria Zobenigo , San Fantin, Santa Croce degli Armeni and the Basilica of San Marco itself.

Exterior [ edit ]

The elaborate Baroque facade , dating from 1668, is profusely decorated with sculpture. Some of its sculptures are generally attributed to the German artist Heinrich Meyring . The architectural design is attributed to Alessandro Tremignon , with patronage by Vincenzo Fini, whose bust is found over the entry door. Statues in public spaces were forbidden in Venice, thus by putting his bust on the facade of a church, he could circumvent this ordinance and display his wealth and his recent addition to the Libro d'Oro of Venetian aristocracy.

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  Girolamo Fini's Cenotaph
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  Monument to Vincenzo Fini
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  Vincenzo Fini's Cenotaph

Interior [ edit ]

The interior is dominated by Meyring's huge and mannerist sculptural set piece and altarpiece , depicting Moses at Mount Sinai receiving the Tablets , created by Tremignon and Meyring. Behind it is a canvas painted by Michelangelo Morlaiter . It also has a Washing of the Feet by Tintoretto , ^[1] and a Last Supper by Palma il Giovane . The altarpiece of the Deposition (1636) was painted by Niccolo Roccatagliata in collaboration with Sebastiano .

John Law , originator of the bankrupt Mississippi Scheme , is buried in the church.

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  Interior view
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  Main Altarpiece with sculpture by Meyring and painting by Morlaiter
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  Baptismal font
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  Organ
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  Ceiling
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  Pieta
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  Washing the feet and Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane (upper left corner) by Tintoretto

References [ edit ]

Sources [ edit ]

• Extracted from Italian Wikipedia.

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