Oratorio Dei Crociferi

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  • Address
    Campo dei Gesuiti, Cannaregio 4095
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  • Phone
    041 532 29 20
  • Transport
    ferry: Fondamente Nuove

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Virtually across the road from the grand Gesuiti church is this tiny 12th-century oratory, once part of a medieval hospice that has long since ceased to exist. It appears the brothers of the Crociferi order who set up here came from Rome. The hospice had a dual role, as was common at the time: to give shelter to pilgrims and provide assistance to the sick.

In the 16th century the whole complex was renovated and Palma il Giovane was hired to plaster the walls of the oratory with paintings and frescoes depicting events in the history of the hospice and of the order, along with more standard scenes from the Christian tradition.