San Filippo, Agira

The church of the Abbey of San Filippo d'Agira is located in Piazza Abbazia #1 in the town of Agira, province of Enna, region of Sicily, Italy.

Phillip is said to have been one of the original Christian missionaries to Sicily and putatively was buried beneath this church in Agira.

However, in the subsequent century, there were concerns about the lax practice of the Benedictine monks and decline of the economic support of the monastery.

In 1632 the commendatory abbot, Cardinal Scipione Borghese, replaced the Benedictine fathers with secular priests.

Also along the left wall are panels depicting the Nativity and Adoration of the Magi attributed to the late 16th-century Master of the Castelbuono Polyptych.

The apse wooden choir stalls (1818-1822) were engraved by Nicolò Bagnasco with scenes from the Life of St Phillip.

Above the altar is a crucifix carved by friar Umile da Petralia [it] (mid-17th century), and deriving originally from the convent of Santa Maria di Gesù.