Born between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Since 1630, next to the church of Saint Jerome, there was an oratory, surrounded by a cemetery, where the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary resided. In 1673, renovations were carried out on the building, and the façade was completed shortly thereafter. In 1718, a petition to Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla and Sabbioneta and Prince of Bozzolo, demonstrated the community's desire to expand the building. However, it was not until 1777 that we learn of the completion of the choir and other important works on the bell tower. The 18th century saw further work on the sacristy, the bell tower (including the clock), and the construction of the choir.
Headquarters of the museum section The painted room of the brothers
The facade of Saint Jerome It is made of exposed terracotta; the interior has a single nave with a barrel vault and four side chapels on each side. In the presbytery, noteworthy is the high altar, with polychrome marble and mother-of-pearl inlays, an eighteenth-century work; behind the altar is a neoclassical walnut choir with fourteen stalls.
In the last chapel on the left there is a magnificent wooden crucifix dating back to the mid-18th century, while above the entrance door appears a majestic Crucifixion painted in 1683.
Of particular interest is the room for the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament, frescoed with unusual Old Testament scenes.
The church is currently home to the museum section The painted room of the Brothers.
