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San Francesco della Vigna church. The Relic of Saint Christina. The site was originally a vineyard (Vigna) and a chapel recalled the spot where an angel supposedly had pronounced Pax tibi Evangelista meus to the shipwrecked apostle St. Mark, patron of Venice.

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San Francesco della Vigna church. The Relic of Saint Christina. The site was originally a vineyard (Vigna) and a chapel recalled the spot where an angel supposedly had pronounced Pax tibi Evangelista meus to the shipwrecked apostle St. Mark, patron of Venice.