San Giovanni in Bragora. San Giovanni in Bragora is a church in Venice, Italy, located in the sestiere of Castello. It was founded in the early 8th century, allegedly by St. Magnus of Oderzo; in the following century, under doge Pietro III Candiano, it was rebuilt to house the alleged relics of St. John the Baptist, to whom it is entitled, and again in 1178. Pietro Barbo, future Pope Paul II, and Antonio Vivaldi were baptised in the church. The current appearance dates from the last renovation, which kept the basilica plan but added a brickwork faade in local late-Gothic style, and a faade divided into three sections. The interior houses works by Cima da Conegliano and Alvise Vivarini and has a trussed ceiling. The origin of the term Bragora is unclear. It could derive from the Greek agor, referring to the campo facing the church, or from the dialect bragora or bragolare. It could also be from the word brago, meaning mud, on account of the former swampy state of islands of Venice. It is the church where Antonio Vivaldi was baptised in 1678. It is thought his family lived close to the church at the time. Official website. Authority control. Categories: Churches in Venice. 8th-century establishments in Italy. 15th-century Roman Catholic church buildings. Renaissance architecture in Venice. Hidden categories: Coordinates on Wikidata. Commons category link is on Wikidata. Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers. Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers. Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers. Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers. Personal tools Not logged in. Talk. Contributions. Create account. Log in. Namespaces Article. Talk. Views Read. Edit. View history. Search Navigation Main page. Contents. Featured content. Current events. Random article. Donate to Wikipedia. Wikipedia store. Interaction Help. About Wikipedia. Community portal. Recent changes. Contact page. Tools What links here. Related changes. Upload file. Special pages. Permanent link. Page information. Wikidata item. Cite this page. In other projects Wikimedia Commons. Print/export Create a book. Download as PDF. Printable version. Languages Беларуская. Catal. Deutsch. Espaol. Franais. Italiano. Magyar. Polski. Portugus. Svenska. Українська. This page was last edited on 21 August 2018, at 20:39. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License;additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. Privacy policy. About Wikipedia. Disclaimers. Contact Wikipedia. Developers. Statistics. Cookie statement. Mobile view.push; {@context:https:\/\/schema.org,@type:Article,name:San Giovanni in Bragora,url:https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Giovanni_in_Bragora,sameAs:http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q521260,mainEntity:http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q521260,author:{@type:Organization,name:Contributors to Wikimedia projects},publisher:{@type:Organization,name:Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.,logo:{@type:ImageObject,url:https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png}},datePublished:2007-07-15T12:40:49Z,dateModified:2018-08-21T20:39:39Z,image:https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/e\/ef\/Chiesa_di_San_Giovanni_in_Bragora_-_Venezia.jpg,headline:church}.
