Sant'Agostino is a

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church, located on Via Cavour in

Mondolfo Mondolfo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about northwest of Ancona and about southeast of Pesaro, on the Adriatic Sea. Mondolfo borders the following municipalities: ...

, region of

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, Italy.

History

The church and convent was initially built in 13th century, when it was located just inside the town walls, near the Porta Santa Maria, and affiliated with the

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order, likely derived from the Abbey of Piaggiolino. By 1427, Bella, the widow of Allevuccio Mencoli, and her daughter Antonia commissioned Gigliolo da Parma to paint frescoes in a chapel dedicated to St Anthony Abbot, patron of pilgrims. The church was damaged during the various conflicts in the region. In 1466, the comune funded reconstruction the church, using designs submitted by

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of Vercelli, architect for

Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (19 June 1417 – 7 October 1468) was an Italian condottiero and nobleman, a member of the House of Malatesta and lord of Rimini and Fano from 1432. He was widely considered by his contemporaries as one of the mo ...

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. The convent flourished at the end of the 15th and start of the 16th centuries. The church was refurbished and enlarged starting in 1586 - 1593, and rededicated to the ''Madonna del Soccorso''. Construction lasted till the end of the 18th-century. In 1726 the facade gained three elegant portals; in 1732, the chapel of San Nicola da Tolentino was built; and in 1760, the apse rebuilt. The Chapel of St Nicola has a 17th-century canvas depicting ''San Nicola'' by an anonymous local painter and a ''Miracle of the Procession in time of the Plague with the Madonna and Child with Saints Nicola and Francis'' by

Alessandro Tiarini Alessandro Tiarini (20 March 1577 – 8 February 1668) was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School. Biography Alessandro Tiarini was born in Bologna. His mother died when he was a child, and he was raised by an aunt. Early on his fa ...

. In the Church, a canvas depicting the ''Madonna della Gatta'' is a copy by his studio of a

Federico Barocci Federico Barocci (also written ''Barozzi'')(c. 1535 in Urbino – 1612 in Urbino) was an Italian Renaissance painter and printmaker. His original name was Federico Fiori, and he was nicknamed Il Baroccio. His work was highly esteemed and inf ...

painting. The third and fourth altarpieces (after 1621) depict ''St Anthony Abbot and Paul the Hermit'' and a ''Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and John the Evangelist'' by

Claudio Ridolfi Claudio Ridolfi (1560–1644), also known as Claudio Veronese, was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. Biography Ridolfi was born in Verona to a noble family. He was active mainly in Rome and Urbino where he was a pupil of the p ...

. The fifth altar has an altarpiece depicting the ''Martyrdom of Saints Simon and Judas'' (1649) by

Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri (1589–1655) was an Italian painter and Caravaggisto. Guerrieri was born in Fossombrone. In 1606 he travelled to Rome where he studied under some notable artists including Orazio Gentileschi. Returning home in 1614 ...

. The sixth altar on the right has 15 small canvases by an anonymous local 17th-century painter, depicting the ''Mysteries of the Rosary'' and an atavistic Byzantine 16th-century icon of the ''Madonna del Buon Consiglio''. The church also has artworks by Girolamo Cialdieri, Giuliano Presutti, and

Sebastiano Ceccarini Sebastiano Ceccarini (1703–1783), born in Fano, was an Italian Baroque painter. He was a student of Francesco Mancini and the teacher of his nephew Carlo Magini. Biography He painted in Rome during the papacy of Pope Clement XII, painting an ...

. One of the courtyards has frescoed lunettes (17th century) depicting the ''Life of St Augustine''. In 2015, the convent is used for cultural activities, including a museum.Parish of Mondolfo
, history of church.

References

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