Chiesa di Sant'Agata in Trastevere

Sant'Agata in Trastevere was built in 1710-11 on an ancient medieval church first mentioned in 1121 in a bull of Pope Calixtus II. In 1575, Pope Gregory XIII granted the church to the Archconfraternity of Christian Doctrine (Agatisti), which later joined the Congregation of Doctrinarians in the 18th century. In 1710-1711, under the pontificate of Clement XI, the church was completely rebuilt by Giacomo Recalcati.

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