The church stands in part on what remains of the Roman Theatre; one of the oldest parish churches in the city, it already existed in the Early Middle Ages.
In the 14th century it was home to an important community of Benedictine nuns; one of the nuns had inherited the adjoining houses, previously belonging to the ancient Corvi family, and the nuns turned them into a monastery.
Only the entrance portico remains of the original church, composed of columns with 11th-century capitals, while the decoration inside is totally gone following the 1870 secularization.
Today it is part of the complex that includes the Spoleto National Archaeological Museum and Roman Theatre.

L’Umbria, Manuali per il Territorio, Spoleto, Roma 1978