Places of worship

The church, initially dedicated to Santa Maria di Val Verde, is firmly intertwined with the fate of the Confraternity of Mercy which in the area built a series of infrastructures dedicated to the confreres, from the school to the hospital, from th

Building which is part of the ecclesiastical complex of Santa Maria della Presentation set up to assist girls without husbands and without dowry because they are poor (hence the nickname "delle Zitelle") who were often forced into prostitution; in

The religious complex dedicated to the Penitents, consisting of the boarding school and the relative church, was built starting from 1705 with the aim of hosting young girls who had decided to leave prostitution and try to redeem themselves.

Of very ancient origin (it is assumed around the seventh century), legend has it that one night the Madonna appeared in a dream in "vague form" to the then Bishop of Oderzo San Magno, ordering him to build a temple in a place she indicated.

The foundation date of the church owned by the noble Baffo family seems to date back to 1222, where an oratory dedicated to Santa Maria Maddalena Penitente was erected.

In 1483 a group of devoted women asked for permission to build a monastery that would welcome them at Sant'Agnese in Dorsoduro.

The church was built in the early 14th century on the initiative of Giacomina Scorpioni and with the donations of numerous Venetian patricians including Marco Sanudo Torsello and Filippo Salomon.

The church was founded in the early eleventh century, underwent several renovations during the following centuries up to the last one dating back to the last years of the seventeenth century by Antonio Gaspari.

Legend has it that the church was built by the will of the bishop of Oderzo San Magno, to whom the twelve apostles appeared during the prayer and told him to build a church in Venice dedicated to them.

The name of the church was always linked to the votive saint (San Giovanni Battista), however the remaining denomination has varied over the course of history depending on the owners.

Legend has it that San Magno, bishop of Oderzo - the place where he lived as a hermit -, founded eight Venetian churches: Santi Apostoli, San Giovanni in Bragora, Santa Giustina, Santa Maria Formosa, San Pietro di Castello, San Raffaele, San Salva

The church was founded by a group of nuns of the Capuchin order, who obtained permission to settle in a building on the ancient foundations of the Cross, later called the Capuchins.