Alagonian Library, Conservation library in Syracuse, Italy

The Alagonian Library is the archbishop's library of Syracuse, housed in the Archbishop's Palace at Piazza del Duomo 5. It holds 72,811 volumes, mainly theological, philosophical, literary and historical works, with a focus on the history of the city and Sicily. Its manuscript collection comprises 21 Latin, Greek and Arabic codices, including a Greek Gospel lectionary of 1125 (ℓ 574) and a 14th-century Flemish-style Book of Hours.

Giovanni Battista Alagona, archbishop of Syracuse in the last quarter of the 18th century, founded the library in 1780 and placed it at the service of the diocesan seminary. Its core is a collection of theological, philosophical, literary and historical works, with particular weight on the history of the city and of Sicily.

The library's name honours Giovanni Battista Alagona, archbishop of Syracuse in the last quarter of the 18th century, who founded it in 1780 for the diocesan seminary. Its shelves are weighted toward theology, philosophy, literature and history, with a particular focus on the history of the city and of Sicily.

The library occupies the Archbishop's Palace at Piazza del Duomo 5, in the centre of Syracuse. It is the diocesan library of the Archdiocese of Syracuse, so access follows the palace's arrangements rather than those of a public lending library; ask locally before planning a study visit.

Among the printed holdings are 70 incunabula from 1470 to 1500, including a copy of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle printed by Koberger in 1493, a Biblia pauperum, and Guy de Monte Rocher's Manipulus curatorum printed in Rome by Johannes Bulle of Bremen.