The Church of Sant’Agostino

Blessed Agostino Novello

  • One of the Augustinians’ most beloved figures was Blessed Agostino Novello. Sicilian by birth, he spent the last years of his life in the Sienese hermitage of San Leonardo al Lago, where he died in 1309. His relics, taken into the church of Sant’Agostino in Siena, were venerated by many people who came to ask Blessed Agostino for protection and miracles, some of which are illustrated in the . . .