This was the site the parish church of San Martino.
It was used for the construction of a Capuchin nunnery, which was financed using a legacy (1623) from Monsignor Giovanni Antonio Fuccioli (who was born in Città di Castello and became an important member of the Curia in Rome). The church was transferred for the use of the nuns, and the parish was subsumed by those of Sant’ Angelo and SS Giacomo e Lucia.
Pope Urban VIII prescribed the way of life that the nuns were to follow in 1642. When the new nunnery of Santa Chiara delle Cappuccine was completed in 1643, Bishop Cesare Raccagna invited two Capuchin nuns from Perugia, Costanza Danzetti and Cristina Ansidei, to establish the new community here.
The inscription high up on the facade commemorates the legacy of Monsignor Fuccioli and a restoration of the exterior of the church by Bishop Pietro Boscarini after the earthquake of 1798.
Interior of the Church
High Altar
The relics of St St Veronica Giuliani are preserved under the high altar. (She joined the community here in 1678 and became abbess in 1716. She died here in 1727 and was canonised in 1839.)
Altare della Beata Florida Cevoli
The relics of the Blessed Florida Cevoli, a follower of St Veronica Giuliani (above) are preserved under the altar on the left, and she is depicted in the panel (date ?) above it.
Madonna and Child with saints (17th century)
✴St Martin, the original titular of the church; and
✴three Franciscan saints:
•St Antony of Padua on the left (behind St Martin); and
•SS Francis and Clare on the right.
Risen Christ and St Martin (17th century)
This panel on the altar on the right [details??]
St Veronica (date?)
Art from the Complex
Annunciation (early 16th century)
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