Chiesa di Sant'Agostino, Former church in Benevento, Italy

Sant'Agostino is a former church in Benevento's Trescene district, with a single nave ending in a rectangular apse. Its polychrome high altar is topped by a canvas of Saint Augustine washing Christ's feet. The 14th-century facade has a dark stone base with a stepped portal and a carved circular medallion above the door.

Founded around 1300 on the site of a temple of Isis attested by unearthed finds, the church was already renowned in 1366, when its resident friar Donato da Benevento was named archbishop of Lepanto by Urban V. Damaged by the 1688 earthquake, it was reopened for worship in 1714 by Archbishop Orsini, later Benedict XIII. The convent closed in 1861 and the church in 1865.

The church belonged to an Augustinian convent whose monks included the theologian Deodato da Benevento, the preacher Donato Marra, who translated and commented on the church's hymns, and Agostino Lepore, who taught philosophy, theology and ecclesiastical history in Milan, Pavia and Bologna. The name honours Saint Augustine, shown in the main altar painting washing Christ's feet.

The building now functions as part of the University of Sannio campus and is not freely accessible to the public. Contact the university in advance if you wish to arrange a visit to see its interior.

The monastery oversaw a network of four other churches throughout the city, including Sant'Andrea da Palofernis and San Matteo. This arrangement reveals how influential and organized the Augustinian community was in Benevento's religious life.