Church of Santo Spirito, Medieval church in Agrigento, Italy.

The Church of Santo Spirito in Agrigento has a facade that is part of a larger frontage including the monastery on the right. Its only entrance is a Gothic pointed-arch portal with multiple orders of splaying, topped by an oculus from the foundation period. The facade is crowned by a bell structure with three bells, volutes, acroterial vases and an apical cross.

The complex's legal foundation dates to a notarial document of 27 August 1299, linked to Marchisia Prefoglio, wife of Federico I Chiaramonte, acting with the authority of their son Manfredi, count of Modica. The Chiaramonte palace on the site already housed a religious community. In the early 18th century, between 1693 and 1708, Giacomo Serpotta transformed the interior with stuccoes. After Italian unification the state requisitioned the buildings; Allied bombing on 12 July 1943 damaged the monastery.

The stucco cycle in the nave is attributed to Giacomo Serpotta, active in Agrigento between 1693 and 1708. Four high reliefs alternate with altars: the Nativity and the Adoration of the Magi on the right wall, the Presentation in the Temple and the Flight into Egypt on the left. A decorated cornice with screened walkway runs around the perimeter.

The building is centrally located in Agrigento and easy to reach on foot as part of a visit to the city. You can view the exterior anytime, though specific hours apply if you want to enter the interior.

The marble Madonna del Fonte with the Child, in a niche just past the entrance on the left wall, is attributed to the school of Gagini. The church also keeps a 1704 copy of Rubens's Massacre of the Innocents on the first altar of the right wall.