Sant'Egidio (Mantua)
# Sant'Egidio (Mantua)

The church of Sant'Egidio is located in the historic center of Mantua 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 . 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

45°09′12″N 10°47′40″E﻿ / ﻿45.1534°N 10.7945°E﻿ / 45.1534; 10.7945

