San Pietro in Oliveto

San Pietro in Oliveto is a Roman Catholic church located at the end of via del Castello in central Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.

The church was founded in late 11th or early 12th-centuries, and began attached a Benedictine convent.

The name was derived from the olive groves once on Cidneo hill.

[1] In 1487, it was transferred to the Canons of San Giorgio in Alega of Venice, and reconstruction in the 16th century under the design of Antonio Medaglia.

[2] The altarpiece in the second altar on the left depicting St John of the Cross in contemplation is attributed to Giuseppe Tortelli.