The church of San Bonaventura is a religious building in the city of Venice, located in the Cannaregio district.
The church dedicated to San Bonaventura was built in 1620 by the
minor Franciscan fathers of the Reformed order, coming from the island
of San Francesco del Deserto, together with a monastery. With the
Napoleonic suppression of religious orders, in 1810 the church was
closed and the monastery demolished. In 1859, the complex was purchased
by the Countess Paolina Giustinian-Recanati who had a convent of
barefoot Carmelites built there and the church was used as a convent
chapel. At the beginning of the 20th century, part of the convent was
converted into a children's hospital.
Description
The church
has been completely stripped of both the interior furnishings and the
decorations on the facade, which is very essential. It originally housed
works by Tintoretto, Jacopo Bassano and the painting Santa Margherita da
Cortona by Tiepolo, later transferred to the church of San Michele in
Isola.