Built between 1451 and 1461 and dedicated to the Sienese saint, it is connected to the convent complex of San Francesco by means of a Renaissance archway. Its elegant multicoloured façade, decorated with excellently carved bas-reliefs, is the masterpiece of the Florentine sculptor and architect Agostino di Duccio (1457-61) and the highest example of Early Renaissance art in Perugia.
Inside, an early Christian sarcophagus (mid-4th cent.), containing relics of the Blessed Egidio, one of the companions of St. Francis of Assisi, serves as base for the altar.
Behind is the notable oratory dedicated to the Saints Andrea and Bernardino (1537), the seat of the Confraternita della Giustizia, or Brotherhood of Justice, a 16th century hall, slightly altered in the 18th century, with a carved and gilded ceiling and beautiful stucco decorations and paintings. Near to the oratory’s sacristy is the Cappella Baldeschi, a chapel containing the tomb of the Medieval jurisconsult Bartolo di Sassoferrato (dead in 1357).
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