Igreja de Santo Antônio (São Paulo)

The Church of Saint Anthony (Portuguese: Igreja de Santo Antônio) is a Catholic temple located in Patriarca Square, in the center of the Brazilian city of São Paulo. Established in 1592, the current church was completed between 1899 and 1919. It housed the Franciscan Order in the 17th century and was subordinated to the Brotherhood of Our Lady of the Rosary of White Men in the 18th century. It is a historic monument of the state and the oldest remaining church in the city.

The interior of the church preserves important testimonies of the art produced in São Paulo during the colonial period. During the restoration work in 2005, the ceiling of the high altar revealed sixteenth-century mural paintings of high technical and artistic quality. In 1970, the building was listed as a landmark site by Council for the Defense of Historical, Archaeological, Artistic and Tourist Heritage (Conselho de Defesa do Patrimônio Histórico, Arqueológico, Artístico e Turístico - Condephaat).