Location Venice, Italy Completed 1714 Phone +39 339 525 5766 Burials Paolo Renier | Architectural type Church Opened 1714 Affiliation Catholic Church | |
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Address Campo dei Tolentini, 30135 Santa Croce, Venezia VE, Italy Province Metropolitan City of Venice Architects Vincenzo Scamozzi, Andrea Tirali Similar San Pantalon, San Simeone Piccolo, San Simeone Profeta, San Nicolò dei Mendicoli, San Stae | ||
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.
History
Venice had been the home of the Theatines order in the city. 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, 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.