Giorgio Ricciotti

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The first hospice dates back to 1378, with an adjo...

The first hospice dates back to 1378, with an adjoining small oratory still present, built in this area. It was Giovanni Contarini who wanted to build it in an area of his property, near his home, for the destitute people.
It was his daughter Lucia, with the help of the observant friars minor, who built the first hospital dedicated to St. Job, which in a few years became the current church.
But it was above all two personalities who gave the impetus to the construction of the new temple: the Franciscan friar San Bernardino da Siena, who worked in the city before his death in 1444, and the future doge Cristoforo Moro, a great Venetian benefactor. The latter, in 1471, three months before his death, donated 10,000 gold ducats for its completion.
The work began in 1450 and was consecrated in 1493.