San Francesco (1287)
The Franciscans built a church here in 1287 on the site of an earlier parish church dedicated to SS Filippo e Giacomo. In 1291, Pope Nicholas IV issued indulgences to those visiting the church on the feast of St Francis, presumably to finance its decoration.
The façade was built in 1401-6 and contains a fine Gothic portal and rose window. The campanile (1447) collapsed in an earthquake in 1915 and was rebuilt as a faithful copy in 1932.
The interior was extensively remodelled in 1664, when the nave was shortened (hence the space between the outer and inner doors). The Baroque decoration was completed in 1767. Despite this transformation, the apse retains its Gothic imprint.
Original Frescoes (14th century)
These
frescoes in the space on the left between the outer and inner doors,
which include a Crucifixion, give an idea of what the rest of the
church was like before its later transformation.
The Geraldini Chapel
Giovanni Geraldini commissioned the Cappella di Sant’ Antonio di Padova in the right aisle just before his death in 1476. Biographical details of Giovanni and his family can be found in the page on the Geraldini Family .
Giovanni Geraldini's own monument was moved from the chapel to the Duomo, but six other family monuments survive in situ. He probably commissioned those of his parents and his brothers shortly before his own death in 1488.
Monument to Matteo and Elisabetta Geraldini (1477)
 Image courtesy of Signor Alessandro Geraldini |
Monument to Camillo Geraldini and Belisario Geraldini (ca. 1482)
This double monument on the right wall to the brothers Camillo (on the left, died 1480) and Belisario (on the right, died 1482) is attributed to Andrea Bregno.
Image courtesy of Signor Alessandro Geraldini
Monument to Angelo Geraldini (1486)
Image courtesy of
This monument on the left wall, which is variously attributed to Andrea Bregno or Luigi Capponi, commemorates Angelo Geraldini, the architect of the family fortunes. 
Signor Alessandro Geraldini
Other Geraldini Monuments
There are two other monuments on the back wall:
to Girolamo (died 1481), a son of Matteo who became a soldier (on the left); and
to another Angelo Geraldini (died 1548), Bishop of Catanzaro (on the right).