Santo Stefano degli Abissini


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In the rear half of the nave are ancient Corinthian columns supporting an entablature fragment from the mediaeval church embedded in the side walls, that had been embedded in the fabric of the wall. Three of the columns were apparently previously in the sacristy. These are described as being of marmo lesbio, in other words from the island of Lesbos in Greece, and are fluted.