Sant'Agata in Trastevere - Roma, Italy
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Sant'Agata in Trastevere is a Roman catholic church located at 91 Largo San Giovanni de Matha in the Trastevere district of Rome.
Waymark Code: WM113ZG
Location: Lazio, Italy
Date Posted: 08/12/2019
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The tradition, based on the Liber Pontificalis, reports that this church was founded on the house of the Pope Gregory II, who transformed it into a religious building, with an adjoining monastery, on the occasion of the death of the mother: it dates from the 8th century. The first historical information instead dates back to 1121 in a papal bull of Pope Callixtus II.
In 1575 Pope Gregory XIII granted the church to the archconfraternity of the Dottrina Cristiana, founded in 1560 by Marco de Sadis Cusani: from the title of the church, the members of the association had the name of "Agatists". In 1725 the Agatists merged into the Doctrinaries congregation of César de Bus.
In 1710-1711, under the pontificate of Clement XI, the church was completely rebuilt by Giacomo Recalcati. On this occasion it was granted to the Oratory of the Madonna del Carmine, the polychrome wooden statue, depicting the Madonna del Carmine, popularly called the "Madonna de noantri", protector of the Trastevere district.
The façade of the church is in late Baroque style. There is a single entrance, with a large door. Above is a marble tablet with a long dedicatory inscription, flanked by two entablature fragments with globular tassels. There is no campanile. The interior has a single nave, with three chapels on each side and a barrel vault. There are preserved, among others, works by Girolamo Troppa and Biagio Puccini. Adjacent to the church are the remains of buildings from 5th century and the Middle Ages.
The church is at the center every year of the religious Trastevere festival "Festa de 'Noantri".
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 16:00 to 19:00
Masses: Saturday and Sunday at 17:00.
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