Santa Maria della Verità, Viterbo

Santa Maria della Verità (Saint Mary of the Truth) is a Roman Catholic church in Viterbo, region of Lazio, Italy.

His story is obscure, putatively a 36-year-old German pilgrim, on his way to Rome, fell ill while hosted by the Servites, and facing death, asked to enter the monastic order before expiring in 1522.

In 1912, the church hosted the museum of the mainly Etruscan archaeological objects which had till then been exhibited Palazzo dei Priori since 1888.

On the right counter-facade is a heavily damaged 15th century fresco depicting the Annunciation between Saints Mary Magdalene Martha and Antony, attributed to il Balletta.

The frescoes depicting the Life of the Virgin, heavily restored after the allied bombing, were painted by Lorenzo da Viterbo and his pupils in 1469.

Next is the chapel "of the Germans" or Theutonicorum, later transferred to the Corsican corporation of the linen weavers and dedicated to Saints Giacomo and Filippo Benizi (founder of the Servite Order).

The altarpiece of this chapel, depicting the Mystical Marriage of St Catherine was painted by Pancrazio Jacovetti and is now found in the Civic Museum.