A church at the site was erected in 1300, after plague decimated the neighborhood. In 1403, this church was nearly destroyed by an earthquake, and rebuilt at public expense. In 1756, the church was rebuilt anew by the
Servite Order, using a design by the architect
Pietro Carlo Borboni. The sober brick facade has doric columns. Work was completed by 1765. The interior had an altarpiece depicting
Carlo Borromeo tending to those afflicted with Plague by
Carlo Saraceni. In addition, the church has remnants of 15th and 16th-century frescoes. It also houses an
Annunciation (17th century) by
Livio Modigliani. The church houses large wooden altarpiece with the 17th-century sculptures of the
Vergine Addolorata (Virgin in Grief)
with the dead Christ, a theme endeared to the Servites. ==References==