Description
The Church of Sant'Agostino is a large medieval church in Palermo's Capo neighborhood. Outside it keeps its 14th-century Gothic facade; inside, a nave transformed in full baroque.
On the facade, the Gothic portal and the rose window stand out, made of twelve interlacing semicircles around an Agnus Dei. Inside, the single nave comes alive with the stuccoes of Giacomo Serpotta (1711-1728): saints and virtues advancing in procession toward the altar.
Next to the statue of Saint Limbania there is a lizard, the artist's "signature": in Sicilian, lizard is serpotta. Also worth seeing is the 16th-century cloister, with 28 columns and an octagonal fountain, attributed to Vincenzo Gagini.
Since 1984 the church has been the diocesan shrine of Saint Rita of Cascia, celebrated on May 22 with the rite of the roses.
On the facade, the Gothic portal and the rose window stand out, made of twelve interlacing semicircles around an Agnus Dei. Inside, the single nave comes alive with the stuccoes of Giacomo Serpotta (1711-1728): saints and virtues advancing in procession toward the altar.
Next to the statue of Saint Limbania there is a lizard, the artist's "signature": in Sicilian, lizard is serpotta. Also worth seeing is the 16th-century cloister, with 28 columns and an octagonal fountain, attributed to Vincenzo Gagini.
Since 1984 the church has been the diocesan shrine of Saint Rita of Cascia, celebrated on May 22 with the rite of the roses.