The original name was Saint Mary in Capitolio and the church was part of a complex of buildings in the monastery which was established on the Capitoline Hill.
The church was built on the ruins of the Temple of Juno Moneta, who stood on the Arx, one of two heights of Capitoline Hill.
The interior, built on three aisles, is rich in treasures of art, among others, in addition to the wooden coffered ceilings and beautiful floor Cosmati kept largely (except inserts slab tomb) and very well view, are present in Chapel frescoes by Pinturicchio Bufalini illustrating stories of San Bernardino, mannerism apse frescoes of the sixteenth century, a table with a "Transfiguration" by Jerome Siciolante from Sermoneta, the tombstone of John Ceivelli work of Donatello, two pulpit attributed to Lorenzo di Cosma, and his son Jacopo.
The church was also famous for the "Holy Child", a wooden sculpture of the Child Jesus carved in the fifteenth century with olive wood from the Garden of Gethsemane and coated with precious votive offerings. According to the popular belief was provided with miraculous powers and the faithful went there to seek pardon from a disgrace. The statue was stolen in February 1994 and never recovered. Today it appears to be a copy, to which not lacking new votive.
Open: 9.00am - 12.30pm / 2.30pm - 5.30pm
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