Chiesa Di San Stae

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  • Address
    Campo San Stae, Santa Croce 1981
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  • Transport
    ferry: San Stae

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Lonely Planet review

A simple house of worship dedicated to St Eustace (a probably fictitious Roman martyr who converted to Christianity, lost everything, was restored to his position and then condemned to being roasted alive with his family inside a bronze statue of a bull for refusing to carry out a pagan sacrifice), this church is deceptive. The elaborate exterior (finished in 1709 in Palladian style but with baroque touches) hides an austere interior.

Among its art treasures are Giambattista Tiepolo's Il Martirio di San Bartolomeo (The Martyrdom of St Bartholomew) and Sebastiano Ricci's La Liberazione di San Pietro (The Liberation of St Peter).