Building Name: | Church of San Tommaso delle Convertite |
Location: | Pisa, Italy |
Religious Affiliation: | Roman Catholic |
Province: | Pisa |
Architecture: | yes |
Architecture Type: | Church |
Architecture Style: | Gothic, Baroque |
Groundbreaking: | 1160 |
Year Completed: | 1758 |
San Tommaso delle Convertite is a small church in Pisa, Italy.
Documents take note of a church adjacent to an annexed hospital in 1160. In 1610, the grand-duchess of Tuscany Christina of Lorraine, commissioned the convent to house rescued (converted) prostitutes, hence the name.[1]
The church and its façade were rebuilt in 1756-1758 by Camillo Marracci using designs by Ignazio Pellegrini. The church ceiling has the symbols of the patron, Christina of Lorraine.