{{Short description|Church in central Venice, Italy}} {{Infobox religious building | building_name = Church of San Stae | image = Chiesa di San Stae Venezia Facciata.jpg | caption = | image_size = | location = Venice, Italy | coordinates = {{coord|45|26|29|N|12|19|50|E|source:kolossus-itwiki|display=title}} | map_type = Venezia#Italy | religious_affiliation =Roman Catholic | rite = | province = Venice | district = | consecration_year = | website = | architecture = yes | architect = Domenico Rossi | architecture_type = Church | architecture_style = Baroque | facade_direction = | groundbreaking = | year_completed = 17th century | construction_cost = | specifications = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | materials = }} '''San Stae''' is a church in central Venice, in the sestiere of Santa Croce.
thumb|left|150px|Interior of San Stae
San Stae, an abbreviation for Saint Eustachius, was founded at the beginning of the 11th century and reconstructed in the 17th century, and has a main facade (1709) on the Grand Canal of Venice, constructed by Domenico Rossi, and richly decorated with statuary by Giuseppe Torretto, Antonio Tarsia, Pietro Baratta, and Antonio Corradini.
The interior has a tomb for the Mocenigo family. The right wall contains altars with works by Niccolò Bambini, Giuseppe Camerata, and Antonio Balestra. The three chapels on the left house works by Giuseppe Torretto, Pietro Baratta, Francesco Migliori, and Jacopo Amigoni. The roof of the presbytery has a ceiling decorated with a large canvas by Bartolomeo Letterini, while the walls have canvases by Giuseppe Angeli and small canvases dedicated to the Apostles, including a ''Martyrdom of St. Bartholemew'' (1721) (right lower) by a young Giambattista Tiepolo; ''The Martyrdom of Saint Thomas'' by Giambattista Pittoni, a ''Martyrdom of St. James the Greater'' by Giambattista Piazzetta; and a ''Liberation of St. Peter'' by Sebastiano Ricci (left lower). The sacristy contains a ''Death of Christ'' by Pietro della Vecchia and a ''Trajan orders Sant'Eustachio to pray to the idols'' by Giambattista Pittoni. [[File:Giovanni Battista Pittoni - The Torture of St Thomas - WGA17976.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Giambattista Pittoni, Torture of St Thomas]]
==See also== * Museo di Palazzo Mocenigo
==Sources== *[http://www.chorusvenezia.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=7 Chorus Venezia entry]
==External links== *[http://cih.ru/pr/39d.html Russian pavilion in the San Stae church] — The 11th International Architecture Exhibition
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stae}} Category:Roman Catholic churches completed in 1709 Category:Roman Catholic church buildings in Venice Category:18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Category:Baroque architecture in Venice Category:1709 establishments in Italy Category:Churches in Santa Croce (Venice)