Santo Stefano, Belluno
Santo Stefano is a Roman Catholic, Gothic-style parish church in Belluno, region of Veneto, Italy.
History[]
The first church at the site was dedicated to Santa Maria della Gracie, but rededicated and built in 1486. The main altarpiece depicting a Baptism of Jesus is by followers of Titian. Along the nave are canvases by Cesare Vecellio depicting Abraham, Melchisedec and the Venetian Podesta Marcantonio Cornaro; attributed to Leonardo Corona is a Mannah in the Desert with Podesta Marco Giustiniano; and the presbytery has two life-size angels sculpted in wood by Andrea Brustolon. Some of the works were moved here from other suppressed churches. The altarpiece dedicated to St Anthony Abbot was painted by . The altar of the Virgin of the Rosary has a crucifix by Brustoloni and paintings by . Other works include: Carrying the Cross and a Deposition from the Cross by .
The piazza in front, once displayed a sarcophagus of a Roman cavalry officer, Caius Flavius Hostilius found under the choir of the present church.[1] The sarcophagus is now on display in the civic museum of Palazzo Crepadona.
References[]
- ^ Un Solo Giorno a Belluno, Memoria del Conte Florio Miari, by Florio Miari, Stamperia Deliberali, Belluno, 1842, page 24-25.
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- 15th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
- Churches in the province of Belluno
- Gothic architecture in Veneto