The Hospital and Church of San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti constitute the oldest healthcare nucleus of the current Ospedale Civile SS. Giovanni e Paolo in Venice. Since the early 17th century, the hospital was intended for the care of lepers and the church as the religious side of such care. Up to this date the church works as a chapel for the bigger civic hospital.
The church houses the monuments and the tombs of many of the hospital’s governors and main benefactors.
- Photos by Luca Borghi @ (April 2025)
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Bibliography
– AA.VV., La Chiesa curaziale di San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti. Breve guida, Marcianum Press, Venezia 2023, pp. 51