Sant’Agostino

Built in the 1480s with travertine salvaged from the Colosseum, Sant’Agostino was designed by Baccio Pontelli, who also designed the Sistine Chapel. Pope John Paul II elevated it to a minor basilica in 1999.

Highlights

Caravaggio’s Madonna di Loreto (Madonna dei Pellegrini)
Raphael’s fresco of the Prophet Isaiah
Jacopo Sansovino’s Madonna del Parto, still venerated by expectant mothers
Guercino’s Saints Augustine, John & Jerome
The tomb of St. Monica, mother of St. Augustine

Mass Times

Weekdays (Mon–Fri): 7:30 a.m. Lauds, 8:00 a.m. Mass, 6:00 p.m. Rosary, 6:30 p.m. Mass, 7:10 p.m. Vespers

Saturdays & Vigils: 7:30 a.m. Lauds, 8:00 a.m. Mass, 5:30 p.m. Rosary, 6:00 p.m. Vespers, 6:30 p.m. Mass

Sundays & Solemnities: 8:00 a.m., 8:45 a.m. Lauds, 10:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. (suspended July–August), 5:30 p.m. Rosary, 6:00 p.m. Vespers, 6:30 p.m.

Eucharistic Adoration every Friday (except Lent). Devotions: St. Monica (Tuesdays), St. Rita of Cascia (select Thursdays), Blessed Virgin Mary (2nd Sunday monthly).

Opening Hours

Mon–Sat: 7:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., 4:00–7:30 p.m.

Sun/Holidays: 8:00 a.m.–12:45 p.m., 4:00–7:30 p.m.

Official site explicitly asks visitors not to tour during liturgical celebrations.

Address

Via della Scrofa 80, 00186 Roma

Titular Cardinal

Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard

France