The dedication of the church refers to the White Penitents, a religious movement in the late fourteenth century, who had a particular devotion to a wooden crucifix from the church of San Romano.
The whole church was rebuilt in 1761 by Francesco Pini; inside, divided into three naves and decorated with frescoes by Lorenzo Castellotti, the main altar preserves the look taken at the end of the seventeenth century.
During the Napoleonic period the interior arrangement was completely depleted.
The church is currently closed to worship and used as the headquarters of parish associations.
The fourteenth-century crucifix is kept at the chapel of the Archbishop's Palace.
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