Little is known about this church, its construction dates back to the mid-fourteenth century thanks to some nuns of the order of Sant'Agostino. It is said that two nuns in S. Maria degli Angeli in Murano, Bernarda Dotto and Girolama Lero, set up a convent under the rule of S. Agostino, dedicated to San Girolamo, just outside the walls of Treviso. Shortly after, in 1364, they returned to Venice and retired to a house in San Vitale. Thanks to the generosity of the priest Giovanni Contarini, the convent and church were erected in the current Fondamenta San Girolamo, maintaining the dedication to
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