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Sant'Agostino, Rome

Lazio / Italy

The Basilica of St. Augustine in Campo Marzio , commonly known as Basilica of St. Augustine and locally as Sant'Agostino, is a catholic titular minor basilica dedicated to Saint Augustine in Rome, Italy. It is the mother church of the Order of Saint Augustine and it is located near the Piazza Navona in the rione Sant'Eustachio. First conceived in 1286, where a primitive 8th-century church dedicated to St. Tryphon of Campsada was located, the basilica is known for its roman renaissance architecture style, artwork by artists such as Caravaggio, Raphael, Guercino and Bernini, and for being the burial place of Saint Monica , mother of Saint Augustine of Hippo.