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. Adjacent to the Strada Nova, it faces the campo of Santa Fosca. The church is named after, and dedicated to, the

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. On the campo stands the monument with a bronze statue of

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, who was reported to have been stabbed here by papal mercenaries. Documents attest to a church of this name dating to the 10th century. The present building dates to reconstructions beginning in the 18th century. The facade (1733-1741), designed by Domenico Rossi, was built with the patronage of the patrician

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. That family once occupied the adjacent

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. The church now belongs to the parish of

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. The interior has a ''Trinity and the Virgin'' by Filippo Bianchi; while the ''Life of Santa Fosca'' altarpieces were painted by

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.InVenice Today website, Tourist Company.
/ref> This church should be distinguished from the older small church of Santa Fosca, Torcello, attached to the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta.

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