"It is mentioned for the first time, together with a hospital, in 1211. The current edifice was built between 1251 and 1300, by will of St. Dominic, and entrusted to the friars of his order.
The façade (completed in 1326) has a pointed shape with white and grey marble, with, in the upper section, two order of small Gothic loggias and a central rose window. The interior, after a fire in 1651, is on a single large hall. Renovated in the 18th century, it houses works by Lippo Memmi (Triumph of St. Thomas, 1363), Fra Bartolomeo (Madonna with Sts. Peter and Paul, 1511), Santi di Tito, Aurelio Lomi, Raffaello Vanni, Pier Dandini (all 16th-17th centuries) and marble sculptures by Andrea Pisano (Tomb of Archbishop Simone Saltarelli, 1343) and his son Nino Pisano ("Annunciation", 1368). Also notable is the tomb of Gherardo Compagni, decorated with a late-16th century "Pietà" statue.
The wooden pulpit from the 17th century, according to the tradition, was that from which St. Thomas preached.
In 1320, Simone Martini executed the St. Catherine Polyptych, one of his most famous works, for the church. The painting is in now in the San Matteo Museum in Pisa.
The church is flanked by a bell tower with mullioned windows, attributed to Giovanni di Simone."
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"It is documented with the annexe hospital since 1211; the present building was built during the XIII century and given to the Dominicans. The structure, an aisleless one saddle roof covered, has the façade made of white and grey marbles, with little loggias and central rose window, and was finished in 1326. The monumental interior was restored in the XVII century and keeps paintings by Lippo Memmi ("The triumph of Saint Thomas" - 1363), Fra' Bartolomeo ("Madonna between Saints Peter and Paul" - 1511), Santi di Tito, Aurelio Lomi, Raffaello Vanni, Pier Dandini (XVI-XVII century) and marble sculptures by Andrea Pisano (The archbishop Simone Saltarelli's sepulchre - 1343) and by his son Nino Pisano ("Annunciation" - 1368). The wooden chair from the XVII century contains the one from which Saint Thomas would have preached."
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