Sant'Agostino is a

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church, originally founded in the 13th-century but refurbished in the following centuries, located on Corso XI Settembre in the historic center of

Pesaro Pesaro (; ) is a (municipality) in the Italy, Italian region of Marche, capital of the province of Pesaro and Urbino, on the Adriatic Sea. According to the 2011 census, its population was 95,011, making it the second most populous city in the ...

, region of

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, Italy.

History

The eclectic facade has accumulated elements from refurbishments over the centuries. A church at this site was first built in 1258 in a romanesque-style; in 1282 it was assigned to the cloistered Augustinian monks. During the second half of the 14th century, the church was refurbished in a gothic style. The elaborate

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entrance portal was erected between 1398 and 1413, under the patronage of the Malatesta dei Sonetti. The iconography contains the lions of the Malatesta coat of arms. A further refurbishment occurred in the 18th century, surrounding the portal with a baroque facade. The interior retains a 15th-century wooden choir with

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, likely built to celebrate the wedding in 1475 between Costanzo Sforza and

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. The 32 panels depict buildings restored in the territory by the Sforza. The church has a number of oval portraits depicting blessed and holy Augustinians, including the blessed Guglielmo and blessed Antonio di

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, by Pietro Tedeschi. In addition, a Blessed Caterina da Pallanza, St Giovanni da San Facondo, a Blessed Andrea da Montereale and the Blessed Giuliana da Busto Arsizio are works by Carlo Magini. The organ, recently restored, was a work of Gaetano Callido (1727-1813). An inventory from 1864 lists the following artworks in the nave and flanking chapels:Guida di Pesaro
page 120-121. *''Enthroned Madonna and Child with Saints''- an altarpiece painted attributed to either Gian-Giacomo Pandolfi or Giovanni Giacomo Palmerini. *''Virgin of the Annunciation with a Glory of Angels'' attributed to Giacomo Palma the Younger. *''Holy Trinity, Virgin, and Saints Lawrence and Augustine'' by Pietro Tedeschi, pupil of

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. *''Madonna del Soccorso scattering the Devils tempting a Devout woman'', also attributed to Pandolfi or Palmerini. *''Blessed Rita da Cassia genuflecting before a Crucifix'' by

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. *''St Nicolò da Tolentino'' intercedes for the Souls in Purgatory with

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in Heaven by Cristofano Roncalli. *''St Thomas of Villanova genuflects before a Vision of Heaven'' by P.

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, a pupil of

Guercino Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666),Miller, 1964 better known as (il) Guercino (), was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna. The vigorous n ...

. *''Virgin and Child venerated by St Augustine and other Saints'', main altarpiece also by

. The surrounding sculpture of the ''Crucifixion with the Magadalen'', by Federico Brandano.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Agostino Pesaro Roman Catholic churches in Pesaro 17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Gothic architecture in le Marche Baroque architecture in Marche