The Church is mentioned in a document dated 1199 as “St. Goanes De Ficoccia”
And was submitted to the parish of San Marcello. The name “Ficoccia” comes from the noble Roman family of “Ficocccia” a member whose abbot, was the holder of the church, even the way where is the church assumed the name of “Ficoccia”. A description of 1600 that the church had a nave and not very extended. Its structure is still cleary legible in the building at N° 29. In 1584, with it, was founded by Pope Gragory XIII the College of the Maronites, for the training of clergy is intended to carry out missionary acrivities in the East. The Maronites were the largest Christian community in Lebanon and the stronghold in he east, against the Catholic, Muslim Ottomans. It was founded in the late fouth century by Saint Manon. The college has originally twolarge rooms in a house adiacent to the left of thr façade of the church (NN 23-23 A), which was then transformed into a chapel of the college, and both restored in 1700. The college was supresed in 1808 and between 1878 and 1930 became the seat of the pontifical college polish. Recently, before the current destination, the place of worship was transformed first in the garage and then into night café. In the basement of the complex, in the ‘70s was rearrandeg extensive archeological area, with a rich environmrnts domus of the third and fourth centuries, and remains of two streets Jabernae selciate. Since 1998 it houses the restaurant “Sacred & Profane” .