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The church and convent were founded in 1233 in honour of the Virgin Mary and Saint Dominic (among the other saints) by Roffredo Epifanio, a renowned jurist of Benevento from the Lombard princely lineage. Near this church, over 600 Beneventans were buried in a well after dying in a single day during the Guelph and Ghibelline conflicts. The church was completely rebuilt after the June 5, 1688 earthquake. Cardinal Archbishop Vincenzo Maria Orsini (future Pope Benedict XIII) laid the first stone on March 15, 1692, and solemnly consecrated it on April 15, 1708. It suffered significant damage during the 1943 wartime events and was renovated. Further damage occurred in the 1980 Irpinia earthquake, affecting some paintings and statues, which have been restored. The former convent is now called "Palazzo San Domenico" and hosts the Rectorate of the University of Sannio.