Sant'Agnese is a 14th-century

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

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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. 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. *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 with the help of Giovanni Battista Mengardi. *Another canvas depicting ''St Agnes beaten by the Roman Prefect'' by Giulio Cirello. *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 Giulio Cirello. 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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