Chiesa degli Ognissanti

Venetian church in Dorsoduro dating to the 15th century, once home to Cistercian and Benedictine communities.

The Chiesa degli Ognissanti is a church in Venice's Dorsoduro sestiere dedicated to All Saints. Its history reaches back to the 15th century. The adjacent convent was founded by Cistercian nuns from Torcello, later converted to a Benedictine convent that operated until 1807. A bequest in 1888 allowed the decaying complex to be repurposed — first as a hospice, then as a hospital. The surrounding fondamenta and the Rio del Ognissanti still carry the complex's name. The church sits in quieter southern Venice, away from the main tourist routes through the tranquil Dorsoduro.