The church, built in the 9th century, was initially dedicated to Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica and, after the restructuring in the 1170th century, named after Saint Bortolomeo, a saint known for having been skinned alive and beheaded. Not surprisingly, in the Sistine Chapel in Rome, in the Last Judgment, he is depicted showing the skin of his flaying.
In the seventeenth century the church began to have a strong decline, especially in its external appearance and was increasingly hidden by the grandeur of the stone Rialto Bridge until it disappeared. However, it was renovated in
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