Description
The Church of San Stae, that is, of Saint Eustace, is a Baroque church on the Grand Canal, in the Santa Croce sestiere, with a white facade crowded with statues above the water; inside is the best of early 18th-century Venetian painting.
Domenico Rossi's facade, from 1709, was chosen from twelve designs. Inside, in the chancel, are the canvases of the twelve apostles: among them Tiepolo's Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, Piazzetta's Martyrdom of Saint James and Sebastiano Ricci's Liberation of Saint Peter.
The facade was paid for by Doge Alvise II Mocenigo, but in his will he forbade coats of arms and inscriptions bearing his name. He is buried in the middle of the nave, dressed as a Capuchin, under a plain slab: it says that with his name and his ashes, vanity is buried too.
Domenico Rossi's facade, from 1709, was chosen from twelve designs. Inside, in the chancel, are the canvases of the twelve apostles: among them Tiepolo's Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, Piazzetta's Martyrdom of Saint James and Sebastiano Ricci's Liberation of Saint Peter.
The facade was paid for by Doge Alvise II Mocenigo, but in his will he forbade coats of arms and inscriptions bearing his name. He is buried in the middle of the nave, dressed as a Capuchin, under a plain slab: it says that with his name and his ashes, vanity is buried too.