The Church of San Tomà, Venetian for San Tommaso, is a religious building in Venice, located in the San Polo district, in Campo San Tomà, in front of the Scoletta dei Calegheri.
To be highlighted in the classical facade at the top of the tympanum is the sculptural group of the Incredulity of San Tommaso and on the flanks San Pietro and San Giacomo, all built between 1696 and 1669 by Francesco Cabianca and relocated after the rebuilding.
The church of San Tomà was initially erected under the title of Saints Sergio and Bacchus in 973 with an adjoining convent of probably Benedictine nuns.
It underwent a first renovation in 1395. In 1538 it was rebuilt with three naves, dedicated to St. Thomas and entrusted to the secular clergy, becoming a parish church.
In 1652, on the basis of an initial project perhaps by Baldassare Longhena but carried out by Giuseppe Sardi, a new facade was built.
Between the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth century it was decorated on the top with five statues. Starting from 1742 the crumbling building had to be demolished and rebuilt with a classical style facade by the architect Francesco Bognolo [2], repositioning the original sculptural apparatus.
In 1810 the function of parish passed to the Frari and the church remained closed for a few years, in 1836 it was granted to the Conventual Fathers who in 1840 built, next to the back of the church on the right, an elliptical chapel intended to collect the relics of the suppressed churches . In 1867 it passed to the state property but continued to be accessible as an oratory.
For many years the church has been closed to the public as it is used by the diocesan neocatechumenal center of the Patriarchate of Venice.
Church of San TomÃ
Address: Calle del Scaleter, 2871, 30125
Phone: +390415227109
Site:
https://www.comune.venezia.it/Location inserted by
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