An oratory was built at the site in the 11th century, and dedicated to St Michael Archangel, patron of the Camaldolese order and a saint favored by the Lombards.
The brick facade is narrow, with a protruding center framed by Tuscan pilasters, and with a small central oculus.
The main altarpiece is an oval depicting Santa Sperandia and the Miracle of the Cherries, wherein she was fed by an angel while residing in the cave of Monte Acuto.
Another altarpiece in the church depicts Santa Francesca Romana in Adoration of Madonna and Child by Giuseppe Ghezzi.
[3] Other paintings in the church include a Enthroned Madonna and Saints by Antonio da Faenza, and a Crucifixion, copy of a work by Scipione Pulzoni.