Chiesa della Santissima Trinità (Gubbio)

Gubbio's Church of the Santissima Trinità brings together medieval, early modern and Baroque phases. Its thirteenth-century round stone portal is a surviving trace of an earlier church; the interior is noted for its eighteenth-century stucco decoration.

Why it matters

The church on Via della Misericordia preserves visible traces of an earlier structure and an interior reshaped in the eighteenth century. The former convent church was donated to the Diocese of Gubbio in 2024. In January 2026, the post-earthquake reconstruction commissioner announced funding for a restoration project.

What to notice

The facade retains the round stone portal dated to the thirteenth century, associated with the church of the Disciplinati del Crocifisso di Sant'Agostino; the upper facade dates to the fifteenth century. The interior is known for stucco decoration in the presbytery and altarpieces, including Giuseppe Reposati's San Giuseppe e due Sante. The diocese also records paintings attributed to Rutilio Manetti and Francesco Maria Allegrini, as well as tomb slabs for Suor Chiara Isabella Gherzi (1742–1800), the last abbess remembered in the community's history.

Context and history

Traces of a church dedicated to Saints Vittore and Vittorino reach back to the tenth century. In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the building belonged to the Disciplinati del Crocifisso di Sant'Agostino. Franciscan tertiaries arrived in the sixteenth century and built a monastery, giving the complex its present dedication to the Santissima Trinità. The eighteenth century brought a major interior rebuilding. The 2016 earthquakes damaged the facade, walls, vaults and arches; the church was declared unusable in March 2017. The artworks escaped direct damage. The restoration project announced in 2026 includes consolidation of walls and vaults, securing the stuccoes and repairing the cracked stone portal; architect Katia Billai is named for the design.