The Church of Sant'Egidio () is located in the historic center of
Mantua
Mantua ( ; ; Lombard language, Lombard and ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region of Lombardy, and capital of the Province of Mantua, eponymous province.
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on Via Pietro Frattini.
A church was located on the site likely by the 9th century, but is documented from the year 1151 in a bull by
Pope Eugenius III
Pope Eugene III (; c. 1080 – 8 July 1153), born Bernardo Pignatelli, or possibly Paganelli, called Bernardo da Pisa, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 February 1145 to his death in 1153. He was the first Cist ...
. In 1540, the chapel of the Valenti was built, commissioned by the last will of
Valente Valenti, courtier in the
Gonzaga Duchy. Beginning in 1721, the church underwent a major reconstruction, and the present facade dates to that time. In 1777, the cardinal
Luigi Valenti reconstructed the family chapel.
The interior, mainly the semicircular apse, contains the following canvases:
* ''Martyrdom of St Vincenzo Levita'' (1776), by
Giuseppe Bottani
* ''Martyrdom of St Vincenzo Ferrer'' (1773), by Giovanni Bottani, brother of the above
* '' Madonna of the Rosary'' (1777), by
Vincenzo Borroni
* Altarpiece of ''Charity of St Guerrino'' (1736-1742) by
Giovanni Cadioli
* Altarpiece of ''Madonna, Child, St Dominic and the Blessed Osanna Andreasi'', (1593), attributed to
Teodoro Ghisi
References
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Baroque architecture in Lombardy