Originally an oratory founded in 1528 during a
plague epidemic. The site was ceded to the
Jesuits, who rebuilt the church in 1754 by designs by
Alfonso Torreggiani. During this reconstruction, they destroyed a prominent fresco depicting
The Flagellation (1608) by
Federico Zuccaro. The bell tower was added in 1747 by the architect
Antonio Bettoli. The first chapel had a canvas by
Giovanni Gaibazzi. The second chapel had a
St Francis Xavier baptizes infidels by
Pietro Rotari; he also painted the altarpiece of
St Ursula and martyrs. The main altarpiece was by
Francesco Scaramuzza. To the left was a canvas of the
Circumcision of Jesus by
Giacinto Brandi and the funeral monument of Countess Giacinta Sanvitali di Poli attributed to
Alberto Oliva. In the second chapel on the left was a
St Ignatius by
Lionello Spada and an
Institution of the Eucharist by Calloni. The first chapel on the left was a
St Louis Gonzaga and a
St Filomena by
Giovanni Battista Borghesi. ==See also==