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The church has a Greek-cross plan, with a dome overlapped to a high lantern. The portal, of mannerist style, dates back to 1606. The papal legate, cardinal Bonifacio Bevilacqua (who joined the brotherhood in 1601), ordered the imposing portal (1604) and he is reminded in the inscription above. The weapons here are those of Pope Clement VIII, the cardinal Bevilacqua and the vice-legate Alessandro Maggi, with the griffin of Perugia under the inscription, [3] it's surmounted with a trabeation that recalls the doric decoration of the Arco Etrusco: a frieze composed by metope with round shields the clipei and triglyphs. [4]
The inside of the church has a square plan with a rectangular tribune and two rectangular lateral chapels. Above the entrance there is a balaustrade choir. The organ (1897) was built by Nicolò and Francesco Morettini. Renovated in the XVIII century keeps paintings and stuccoes of Francesco Busti, Cristoforo Gasperi and Anton Maria Garbi (XVIII century). On the main altar stands a painting of Vincenzo Pellegrini representing "Ognisanti" – All Saints (1612) inserted in a golden and carved architectural frame. [5]
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