Chiesa di Sant'Egidio, Catholic church in Tolfa, Italy

The chiesa di Sant'Egidio is a three-nave church in Tolfa with a tall 1960s facade pierced by a central door and two side doors. Its large apse, called "il torrione", holds a painting of Saint Giles by Cesare Camussei. In a left-hand chapel hangs a Christ Blessing attributed to the school of the Massaro; the facing chapel keeps the gilded bust of Saint Giles.

The sources document no founding date, papal grant or seventeenth-century expansion for the church. What they record is its present form: a building of three naves whose high facade dates from the 1960s, with a central portal and two side doors, and a large apse known locally as "il torrione".

Every 31 August the gilded bust of Saint Giles is carried in procession through Tolfa, the town's patronal feast. The bust stands in the chapel facing the one that holds a Christ Blessing attributed to the school of the Massaro, so the two works face each other across the nave.

The church stands in Tolfa's historic centre, the seat of the town parish, with a tall 1960s facade and a central door flanked by two side doors. The golden bust of Sant'Egidio is carried in procession on 31 August each year, so the building and its surroundings are busiest around that date.

The large apse is locally called "il torrione" (the big tower) and holds a painting of Saint Giles by Cesare Camussei. In the left side chapel hangs a Christ Blessing attributed to the school of the Massaro; the facing chapel keeps the gilded bust of Saint Giles carried in procession every 31 August.