The dating of the building is still doubtful; it probably existed before 1186, the year Pope Urban III affiliated it to the basilica of San Lorenzo. The parish church underwent numerous stylistic changes that distorted its original Romanesque layout. The most important were those of 1599 promoted by the Orsini family, hence the name Orsini Chapel, and later in 1725, when the high altar was re-consecrated together with the two new side altars dedicated to St John the Baptist and the Holy Crucifix.
When the Tata Giovanni Institute moved in in 1926, the abandoned church was deconsecrated and reduced to a warehouse. The building is currently used as an exhibition and conference space.
The small 19th-century façade is divided into two orders by a cornice. In both the lower and upper bands are pilasters with Ionic capitals. In the centre of the upper part is a lunette window. To the right of the façade is the small bell gable. The interior has been divided into two overlapping rooms of equal size. In the upper room, the mighty barrel vault and the upper parts of the pillars that supported it can still be seen.
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The building was deconsecrated and closed at the worship.
Today it is an exhibition centre.
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