Sant'Agata, Brescia

Sant'Agata is a 15th-century, Roman Catholic church located on Corsetto Sant'Agata at Piazza della Vittoria in Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.

A church at the site was present by the 8th century, when the neighborhood was located outside the city walls, but after the 1184 fire destroyed the ancient church, it was reconstructed in the 15th-century in Gothic style.

[1] Destruction by fire of this church was somewhat paradoxical, since Saint Agatha was the saint invoked for protection against fires.

Further modifications were completed along the centuries, leading to a pastiche of styles.

The main altarpiece depicting Sant'Agata with Saints Peter, Paul, Lucia, Apollonia standing before the cross (1522) is a masterwork by Francesco Prata from Caravaggio.