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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.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.

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