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Venice Sights

Chiesa di Sant’Eufemia

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  • Address
    • Fondamenta Sant’Eufemia 680
  • Transport
    • Palanca
  • Phone
    • 041 522 58 48
  • Hours
    • 9am-noon & 3.30-5pm daily

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Lonely Planet review for Chiesa di Sant’Eufemia

Four women saints were crowded under the roof of the original AD 890 church here, but Sts Dorothy, Tecla and Erasma weren’t as big a draw as Byzantine Christian martyr Euphemia. She was thrown to hungry lions, but after biting off her hand, the lions refused to eat her holy virgin flesh. The simple Veneto-Byzantine structure you see today dates from the 14th century, with some capitals and columns inside preserved from the 11th century. The pleasing Doric portico attributed to Michele Sanmicheli was added c 1596.

 

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