Santa Maria della Pietà, Secularized church in Gesualdo, Italy

Santa Maria della Pietà, also called di Sant'Antonino, is a church in Gesualdo with a simple, linear facade. Above the central entrance portal a plaque records its founding, topped by the Ludovisi coat of arms together with the Appiani and Mendoza insignia. A small sacristy built in 1666 stands beside the left side of the entrance.

Niccolò I Ludovisi had the church built in 1642 in memory of his second wife Polissena Mendoza, the last descendant of the Appiani of Piombino, as recorded on the plaque above the portal. In 1731 the remaining furnishings of the ruined church of Sant'Antonino Martire were moved here, and the building became the seat of that parish until the early 1980s, when it was merged into San Nicola di Bari. Made unusable by the 1980 earthquake, it was restored and reopened for worship.

The church is also known as Sant'Antonino, because in 1731 the parish registers, the saint's statue and paintings were moved here from the ruined church of Sant'Antonino Martire. It then housed that parish until the early 1980s, when it was merged into San Nicola di Bari. Its 16th- to 18th-century canvases are now in the diocesan museum of Nusco.

The church stands in the centre of Gesualdo, in the province of Avellino. It was made unusable by the 1980 earthquake, then restored and reopened for worship; it is again undergoing restoration, so access may be limited. The paintings from the 16th to 18th centuries that belonged to the church are now shown at the diocesan museum of Nusco.

The church is also known as Sant'Antonino: in 1731 the parish registers, the saint's statue and paintings from the ruined church of Sant'Antonino Martire on the town's edge were moved here, and the building housed that parish until the early 1980s. Its 16th- to 18th-century canvases are now kept in the diocesan museum of Nusco.