Sant'Agnese is a 14th-century

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former church located on via Sant'Agnese corner via Dante in the city of

Padua Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...

in the region of

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, Italy. The church deconsecrated in the 1949s, was sold in 2011 to convert to residential units. S-agnes

History

A church was present here by the 12th century, but the present structure, except for the still standing Romanesque bell-tower, with a steep conical roof, was erected starting in 1362. The facade is from the 16th century. The portico and adjacent vicariate was removed in the 20th-century. The Renaissance portal is still in place was complete by

Giovanni Maria Mosca Giovanni Maria Mosca or Giovanni Padovano (1495/99 – after 1573) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and medallist, active between 1515 and 1573, initially in the Veneto and after 1529 in Poland, where his first name was rendered Jan. Life ...

. The interior decoration has all been stripped. An inventory from 1817 records: Guida per la citta di Padova
By Giannantonio Moschini, Fratelli Gamba, Padua (1817); page 1-2. *The first canvas on the right depicting the ''Martyrdom of Sant'Agnese at the Gallows'' by

Francesco Minorello Francesco Minorello or Menorelo (1624- 26 September, 1657) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period active mainly in Padua. ''The Marriage of the Virgin'' Padua Cathedral Biography He was born in Conselve, but trained with Luca da Reggio ...

. *The first altarpiece on the right depicting a ''Virgin and Child with St Joseph above and below Saints Francesca Romana and Eurosia'' (1777), by

Domenico Tiepolo Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (August 30, 1727March 3, 1804) was an Italian painter and printmaker in etching. He was the son of artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and elder brother of Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo. Life history Domenico was born in V ...

with the help of

Giovanni Battista Mengardi Giovanni Battista Mengardi, or Giambattista Mengardi (7 October 1738, in Padua – 28 August 1796, in Venice) was an Italian painter and art restorer. Life and work He had his first art lessons in Padua; continuing in Venice, where he was able to ...

. *Another canvas depicting ''St Agnes beaten by the Roman Prefect'' by

Giulio Cirello Giulio Cirello (1633 in Padua – 1709) was an Italian painter. He trained under Luca Ferrari in Padua. He mainly painted sacred subjects in a late-Baroque style, though he was also valued as portraitist during his time. He painted an altarpie ...

. *Another canvas depicting ''St Agnes refusing Gifts'' by Francesco Minorello. *The third altar had a ''St Martha as a Nun holding the cross sprays holy water on a Dragon'' by

. The abbot Gasparo Patriarchi, author of the ''Vocabolario Veneziano e Padovano'' (1775), was buried here. The musical organ (1899) by Domenico Malvestio was moved to the parish church of Valle San Giorgio, in Baone.

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