Santa Lucia, Venice

Santa Lucia was a church in Venice in the Cannaregio district. She stood at the site of the present railway station of the same name until 1861.

History

Established as a parish church in the 12th century, it was originally dedicated to the Annunciation. In the 4th Crusade, the Venetians stole the sack of Constantinople in 1204 at Opel, the relics of Saint Lucy of Syracuse. The bones were originally brought to the island of San Giorgio Maggiore. As it is a boat procession came to a serious accident in 1279, it was decided to bring the relic in the church and to consecrate the Holy. In 1574 the church was annexed to the neighboring monastery of the Servites. In 1580 the church was last renovated. It is controversial whether Palladio was involved.

The monastery of the Servite was repealed in 1806 by a decree of Napoleon. Under the Austrian regime started in 1860 by train to Venice cultivation. 1861-1863 church and monastery was demolished to make way for the station, which today is Venezia Santa Lucia. The bones of the saint were transferred to the nearby church of San Geremia, where they are located today.