San Michele Arcangelo ai Minoriti, Catania

San Michele Arcangelo ai Minoriti is a Roman Catholic parish church and attached monastery in the city center of Catania, region of Sicily, Italy.

That small Baroque church is also notable for being attached to an arch from the original Roman aqueduct of Catania.

[1] Flanking the facade on the left, atop the first story pediment is a statue of the blessed Bartolomeo Simorilli, first provost of the Catania church.

On the same spot on the right once stood a statue of St Francis Caracciolo (founder of Minoriti order), but it was destroyed by Allied World War II bombardment.

In the southern nave is an altarpiece depicting St Agatha of Sicily pleads for the sparing of Catania by Marcello Leopardi.