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{{WP-REAL|Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice}}
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{{Landmarks Infobox
|image = Santi_giovanni_epaolo.jpg
|image = Santi_giovanni_epaolo.jpg
|description = One of the largest and most important churches in Venice.
|description = One of the largest and most important churches in Venice.
|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|location = [[Castello District]], [[Venice]], [[Italy]]
|location = [[Castello District]], [[Venice]], [[Italy]]
|dateconstructed = 1333 A.D. - 1430 A.D.
|dateconstructed = 1333 1430
|functions= Church
|functions = Church
|features=[[View Point]]}}
|features = [[Viewpoint]]
'''San Giovanni e Paolo''' was a church in [[Venice]]. In the late 1400s it was connected to the [[Scuola Grande di San Marco]].<ref name="ac2"/>
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The '''Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo''' is a church located in [[Venice]], [[Italy]]. During the late 15th century, it was connected to the [[Scuola Grande di San Marco]].


==Database Entry==
==History==
''One of the largest churches in Venice, Santi Giovanni e Paolo was built after Doge Jacopo Tiepolo had a dream about white birds flying over the site. He donated the land on which the church was built in 1246 to the Dominicans. The current Italian Gothic church was completed in 1430.''
One of the largest churches in Venice, Santi Giovanni e Paolo was built after Doge [[Jacopo Tiepolo]] had a dream about white birds flying over the site. He donated the land on which the church was built in 1246 to the [[Dominican Order|Dominicans]]. The current [[Italy|Italian]] {{Wiki|Gothic architecture|Gothic}} church was completed in 1430.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Database: Santi Giovanni e Paolo]]</ref>


''On a stranger note, the church claims to contain the foot of Saint Catherine of Siena. Born in Siena in 1347, as the last of 25 children, Catherine became an important ambassador for the Pope, whom she liked to call "Daddy".''
The church claims to contain the foot of Saint [[Catherine of Siena|Catherine]] of [[Siena]]. Born in Siena in 1347, as the last of 25 children, Catherine became an important ambassador for the [[Papacy|Pope]].<ref name="Database" />


''Ironically, the most startling incident in her life happened after her death, when her followers in Siena attempted to steal her body from Rome. Unable to get the body out of the city, they lovingly cut off her head and put it in a sack.''
==Appearances==
 
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
''When the guards decided to search the sack, her followers prayed to Catherine. The guards saw rose petals inside the sack instead of the head, and let the group go to Siena without taking the bloody sack away from them. And that's why she's a saint.''<ref name="ac2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Venice]]
[[Category:Landmarks]]
[[Category:Churches]]
[[Category:Churches]]
[[Category:Landmarks in Venice]]

Latest revision as of 04:44, 4 May 2026

The Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo is a church located in Venice, Italy. During the late 15th century, it was connected to the Scuola Grande di San Marco.

History[edit | edit source]

One of the largest churches in Venice, Santi Giovanni e Paolo was built after Doge Jacopo Tiepolo had a dream about white birds flying over the site. He donated the land on which the church was built in 1246 to the Dominicans. The current Italian Gothic church was completed in 1430.[1]

The church claims to contain the foot of Saint Catherine of Siena. Born in Siena in 1347, as the last of 25 children, Catherine became an important ambassador for the Pope.[1]

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]