Small abandoned Church, San Giacomo in Paludo Island, Venetian Lagoon
San Giacomo in Paludo is a little island surrounded by a brick wall. It is one of those places that make you wonder what hides behind the wall. In the past this abandoned island housed a monastery for pilgrims. Thanks to its position and to its connection with the East, Venice became a very important port for those searching for a passage to the Holy Land. Venice then, like today, had to cope with thousands of visitors and had a very well organized system to support pilgrims arriving in town. People named Tholomarii, sort of tourist guides of the past, were there to help pilgrims to orientate and to find a place to stay, food and a ship passage. In 1255 the Venetian Government even had to regulate the profession because of a lot of unauthorized people who were trying to cheat the poor pilgrims – nothing different from today. To host all these people the town planned a lot of monasteries on various Venetian islands: S. Clemente, S. Maria delle Grazie, Lazzaretto Vecchio and S. Giacomo in Paludo. During archaeological excavations of the island a very interesting object from the days of the pilgrims was found: a pilgrim’s ampoule. Pilgrims’ ampoules were carried by pilgrims tied to their belts or sewn on their dresses and contained the oils of the lamps that were burning next to the tombs of the saints in various sanctuaries around Europe and the Holy Land. Medieval pilgrims’ ampoules were very small, not more than an inch and a half and were made of lead or tin lead. The one found on San Giacomo in Paludo could be dated to the first quarter of the 14th Century.
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