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4 unusual facts about Santi Giovanni e Paolo


John and Paul

The basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Rome is dedicated to them, as well as the Basilica di San Zanipolo in Venice ("Zanipolo" being Venetian for "John and Paul").

Santi Giovanni e Paolo

John and Paul, not the apostles, but two soldiers martyred for their faith in the years 361-363

Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo, a theater and opera house in Venice from 1638 to 1715

Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Rome, also known as Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio on the Celian Hill in Rome


Antonio Dal Zotto

In Venice, he has two major works: a monument to Carlo Goldoni (1883) in Campo San Bartolommeo and a monument to Doge Sebastiano Venier (1907) in the church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo.

Charles T. Murr

On May 13, 1977, in the Basilica of SS. Giovanni e Paulo (Monte Celio), Charles Theodore Murr was ordained a Roman Catholic priest, Pericle Cardinal Felici ordaining.

Recumbent effigy

Some of the greatest examples of the recumbent effigy in Westminster Abbey in London, Saint Peter's in Rome, Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice (twenty-five Doges), and the Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence.

San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti, Venice

In 1500, funds left over after the construction of the Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, were allocated to build an adjacent leper Hospital of San Lazaro, Ospedale di San Lazaro e dei Mendicanti.


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