Saint Lucius, Brugherio

Saint Lucius (Chiesa di San Lucio)
Exterior view of the church
Basic information
Location	Brugherio, Italy
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
District	Lombardy
Province	Monza and Brianza
Country	Italy
Architectural description
Architect(s)	Tommaso Rodari () Giocondo Albertolli
Architectural type	Church
Architectural style	Neoclassicism
Groundbreaking	1520
Completed	1542

Coordinates: 45°32′52″N 9°17′35″E / 45.54769°N 9.29313°E / 45.54769; 9.29313

Saint Lucius in Brugherio, Italy, (Italian: Chiesa di San Lucio) is a small church dedicated to Saint Lucius in the grounds of the Villa Sormani. First located in Lugano, Switzerland, where it was a Franciscan chapel, the building was disassembled and transported to Brugherio where its reconstruction was completed 17 years later.

Pope Lucius's shrine had been designed by Tommaso Rodari, an architect influenced by Bramante's style in Lombardy, or by Bramante himself. Built in Lugano, Switzerland, from 1520 to 1542 as Anthony of Padua's chapel, it was annexed to Francis of Assisi's friary. It is clear that the building was initially located in the Swiss city as evidenced by Giulio Pocobelli's inscription of 1813 and by Lugano's depiction from the 17th century. After Napoleon's suppression of all religious orders, in 1812 it was auctioned by the Gran Consiglio () of Canton Ticino, and bought by Natale Albertolli, a rich businessman who was the brother of architect Giocondo Albertolli. Impressed by the shrine's beauty, he managed to prevent its demolition by his brother Natale who had planned to use its materials. Albertolli owed his success to its purchase by (1760–1830), the brother Count Paolo Andreani, the first man in Italy to fly a balloon. He asked Albertolli to "bring" the church close to the Villa in Moncucco.