The Church of San Giobbe in Cannaregio, Venice, is dedicated to Saint Job and is one of the first Renaissance buildings in the city. It is also one of five votive churches built in Venice after a plague. A hospice with a small oratory was begun on the site in 1378 by Giovanni Contarini and finished by his daughter Lucia, with the Minor Observant Friars.
Antonio Gambello began the church, and Pietro Lombardo completed it, designing the altar arch, the main door and much of the interior decoration. Doge Cristoforo Moro financed the work with 10,000 ducats in 1471, three months before his death, and he was buried in the church. Work began in 1450, paused until 1470, and the church was consecrated in 1493. It is 138 feet (42 meters) long and 66 feet (20 meters) wide.
Altarpieces include Girolamo Savoldo's Il Presepio of 1540.
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