| The church of Death or Saint Mary of Tears belonged to the Cistercian nuns, the title of S. Mary of Prince. It took the current name since 1614, when it was given the Arch of Death. It was rebuilt and opened for worship in 1618 and took the name of the church of death, the lintel is the inscription: IN SEPULTURAM pauperum CONFRATERNITAS MORTIS AD , 1621. On the door in S. Ursula, still reads: HOC Fratrum Coetus MORTIS POSUERE Sacellum UT Libitina SUAS TOLLAT FRIENDLY FACES 1640.
It is now in a state of neglect, and is closed to religious worship. According to legend, during the plague, the bodies were deposited in the crypts, then purified by seawater that was raided.
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