Piazza della Chiesa Nuova takes its name from the church of the same name, which, despite being almost four centuries old, nevertheless remains the Chiesa Nuova. This appellation derives from the fact that the church was erected in place of an old medieval church, S.Maria in Vallicella, incorporating, in truth, two others, S.Elisabetta a Pozzo Bianco and S.Cecilia a Monte Giordano. The medieval church, recorded since the 12th century, was called in Vallicella because the surrounding land formed a small depression. Probably founded by Gregory the Great at the end of the 6th century, it housed the miraculous image of the Virgin and Child, also known as the Madonna della Vallicella or Vallicelliana, formerly placed on a wall of a stove, or public bath, which bled after being struck by a stone. When the church was being demolished, the Virgin performed a second miracle, supporting a part of the roof that risked collapsing on the faithful attending Mass. In 1575, the church was donated by Gregory XIII to St Philip Neri, who, with the tangible help of the same pope and Cardinal Cesi, had the new church built by Matteo da Città di Castello and Martino Longhi the Elder, which was consecrated in 1599.