It is one of the oldest churches of San Giovanni Rotondo and is located in the centre of the town. It is the richest sacred building regarding art and history. It was built at the end of the sixteenth century and it was almost completely rebuilt between the seventeenth and the eighteenth century thanks to donation of the land by the priest Don Giovanni Verna.
It was named as “Church of the Purgatory”, and since 8 December 1638, it is the seat of the Confraternity of the Dead. The curvilinear facade in rococo baroque style, is embellished by the portal made of rubble-stone and windows and niches, where there are two stone statues depicting St. Francis of Assisi and St. Anthony of Padua. Internally, temple is always in rococo baroque style, and it was totally restored in previous years, it preserves some precious paintings of the Neapolitan school: such as those of the Madonna with Child,
Saint Gaetano of Thiene, Saint Bishops and Souls of Purgatory. Canvas of purgatory is in the centre of the Choir, and it is the work of the painter Nunzio De Nunzi and is dated 1707. Instead, the canvas of the Deposition dates back to the sixteenth century and it was realised by Venetian school. It is located to the left of the entrance.
In 1928, the Milanese painter Natale Penati realized paintings of the ceiling and of the cornices, depicting the martyrdom of Saint Ursula and some episodes of the life of St. Anthony of Padua.
There is a remarkable organ which dates back to the sixteenth century (restored in 1986), it is coated with white gold and silver frames and selvages, and gilded wooden ambons and the Choir. (Saint Ursula street)
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