Closed 1866 | Country Italy Founded 1221 | |
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Address Via S. Giovanni di Verdara, 123, 35137 Padova PD, Italy Similar Basilica Del Carmine, Church of Saint Francis th, Musei civici agli Eremitani, Palazzo Maldura, Zuckermann Palace | ||
San Giovanni di Verdara or Saint John of Verdara is a former Roman Catholic monastery and church located on Via San Giovanni di Verdara # 123, in the city of Padua, region of Veneto, Italy. It was founded in 1221, but now serves as a military hospital.
The present church was commissioned by the Canons Regular, with rebuilding starting in 1445, and continued in 1490 with the help of the architect Lorenzo da Bologna. The order of monks was suppressed in 1784, and the monastery briefly passed to the Jesuit order.
The large cloister of the monastery was designed circa 1492 by Pier Antonio dell'Abate, who along with Benedetto Montagna frescoed a chapel on site.
Most of the decorations and monuments in the church have been removed. An inventory in 1817 noted the external façade had the tomb of Andrea Briosco. The fresco over the door, depicting the Virgin and Child with Sts Joseph and John the Baptist was painted by Jacopo Ceruti. The first altar had a Pieta sculpted in marble by Antonio Bonazza. Other canvases were painted by Pietro Rotari, Pietro Richi, Pietro da Bagnara, and Stefano dall' Arzere. The church once housed a canvas depicting Bishop St Patrick heals a sick man by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.