San Barnaba, Mantua

San Barnaba is a Roman Catholic church located at the intersection of Via Giovanni Chiassi and Via Carlo Poma in Mantua, Lombardy, Italy.

History

The first church at the site was dedicated to St Barnabas, the first bishop of Milan, and was noted at the site by 1263. The church was provided by Francesco I Gonzaga in 1397 to a convent of nuns of the Servite Order. In 1724, the church was rebuilt with a new façade designed by the architect Antonio Galli Bibiena. The adjacent cloister was destroyed in 1900.
The interior contains the following works:Via Crucis by Giuseppe BazzaniSalvator Mundi, presbytery fresco by Teodoro GhisiMadonna with Child and St Filippo Benizzi by Bernardino MalpizziMiracle of the Fish and Loaves of Bread by Lorenzo Costa the youngerEffigy of St Filippo Benizzi by Giuseppe Orioli Marriage at Cana by Alessandro MaganzaMadonna and Child by Girolamo Bonsignori Beata Elisabetta of Mantua by Bartolomea Picenardi