Sant'Agnese, Padua


Sant'Agnese is a 14th-century Roman Catholic former church located on via Sant'Agnese corner via Dante in the city of Padua in the region of Veneto, Italy. The church deconsecrated in the 1949s, was sold in 2011 to convert to residential units.

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:
The abbot Gasparo Patriarchi, author of the Vocabolario Veneziano e Padovano, was buried here. The musical organ by Domenico Malvestio was moved to the parish church of Valle San Giorgio, in Baone.