Agostino Novello (1240 – 19 May 1309), also known as Augustine of Tarano, but born Matteo da Termini, was an Italian religious figure.

In the battle at Benevento, in which Manfred was killed and his army routed, Matteo was wounded and thought to be dead, and so was left on the battlefield among the corpses of other soldiers.

[2] Following this decision, Matteo asked for admission as a lay brother into the Order of St. Augustine, and was received in a convent in Sicily.

Pallares, lost no time in informing the ecclesiastical authorities of Agostino's identity, advising them to keep no longer in obscurity such a wealth of learning.

In 1300 he resigned from office and spent the remaining ten years of his life at the hermitage of San Leonardo al Lago.

[3] He died on 19 May 1309/10 at San Leonardo and his relics, originally preserved in the Church of Saint Augustine, Siena, were later translated to Termini Imerese in Sicily, where his statue is found on the façade of the cathedral.