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was constructed to house the relic and this was soon after connected with a miracle that reportedly took place in Venice during the period 1370-82. According to contemporary accounts, when accidentally dropped into a canal during a congested procession the relic did not sink but hovered over the
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developed a primary meaning of "school", in Venice these organisations retain their medieval Latin meaning of confraternities, social organisations founded on spiritual principles. Their main buildings were typically used as meeting and assembly halls, and for the distribution of charity. The
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which it still owns to this day. The presence of this relic brought about a transformation and helped the scuola become a rich and powerful organisation, bringing in wealthy and powerful members to the confraternity, with their donations and bequests.
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of Venice. These organisations provided a variety of charitable functions in the city as well as becoming patrons of the arts. The Scuola Grande di San
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and other artists in a series of paintings commissioned for the scuola. Nearly 200 years later the reliquary was the focal point of the
Vendramin family portrait by
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The atrium building is two stories high while behind this is the much larger three-story building which contains the large halls.
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and for the series of paintings it commissioned from a number of famous
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The Miraculous Healing of the Daughter of Benvegnudo of San Polo
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to which it adjoins. Shortly after, in 1498, the architect
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Miracle of the Relic of the Cross at the Ponte di Rialto
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Miracle of the Relic of the Holy Cross in Campo San Lio
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