Mentioned
in the sources for the first time in 1186
Rebuilt in
1682
It was
entrusted in 1728 to the Mercedari monks of the Congregation of Holy Mary of
Mercy for the ransom of slaves
Restored
with the raising of the floor in 1754 maybe by Domenico
Gregorini (1692/1777)
Restored
again in 1848
The church
is located at the center of the area where there was once the STAGNUM AGRIPPAE, an the
ancient artificial lake of the Baths of Agrippa
TO THE
RIGHT OF THE ENTRANCE
“Tombstone
of Giovanni Bazzano” d. 1406 originally embedded in the floor
EIGHT
ANCIENT COLUMNS
RIGHT NAVE
- ALTAR OF THE SOULS IN PURGATORY
Painting “Assumption”
1830 by Giovanni Gagliardi
AT THE END
OF THE RIGHT NAVE - CHAPEL OF St. JOSEPH
Above the
altar “Madonna with Child, St. John the Baptist and an Angel” of the end of the
seventeenth century
On the
right wall “Tomb of Anna Moroni” 1647
TO THE
RIGHT OF THE ALTAR
“Memory
funeral of John Rinuccini” 1730
MAIN ALTAR
“Sts. Peter
Nolasco, Peter Paschasius and two slaves in chains venerating the Virgin Mary
and Child” maybe by Pompeo Batoni (1708/87) or
of his pupil Gaspare Serenari (1707/59)
TO THE LEFT
OF THE ALTAR
“Tomb of
Cardinal Stefano Durazzo” 1667, with winged skeleton
AT THE END
OF THE LEFT NAVE - CHAPEL OF St. ALPHONSUS MARIA DE' LIGUORI
1848 Pietro Camporese il Giovane (1792/1873)
Above the
altar “Stories of St. Alphonsus” 1848, on the right “St. Alphonsus in ecstasy
in front of the Virgin Mary” and on the left “St. Alphonsus gives the rule to
the Redemptorists” by Donato De Vivo
On the left
“Tomb of Vincenzo Campanari” 1858
BUILDING OF
THE CONVENT OF S. MARIA IN MONTERONE
To the right of the church
1735 Francesco Bianchi for the brothers Mercedari, with
bizarre and interesting decoration on the façade
