Now a parish church, it was once attached to the convent that housed the Benedictine nuns who settled here in the 13th century, followed by Franciscans or Clarisse nuns, before becoming state property with the unification of Italy in 1861. Now totally transformed, from 1927 onwards the convent housed the town hospital, which moved here from its old headquarters in Via Oberdan, before expanding during the 20th century and finally transferring to Sant’Andrea delle Fratte, now the main town hospital complex. The façade of the church, characterised by red marble panels within white squares, was built in 1451. Also of this period is the double portal with 16th century wooden doors. Inside is an important cycle of Perugian mannerist frescoes. Behind the apse is a Gothic room with 14th century frescoes by the Umbria-Siena school.
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