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The basilica was built by [[Pope Symmachus]] (498-514), on the place where the body of the young martyr Saint [[Pancras of Rome]], or Pancratius, had been buried, ''Via Aurelia miliario secundo'' ('on the Via Aurelia at the second milestone'). The church was originally placed by him under the care of the clergy of the Church of S. Crisogono. Due to their neglect of the site, Pope Gregory I ((590-604) handed it over to the members of the newly founded [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine Order]] after the [[Lombards]] sacked their monastery of [[Monte Cassino|Montecassino]] in 580.<ref>Matilda Webb, ''The Churches and Catacombs of Early Christian Rome: A Comprehensive Guide'' (Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2001), p. 273.</ref> In the 17th century, it was given to the [[Discalced Carmelites]], who completely remodeled it. The church underwent further rebuilding in the 19th century, but it retains its plain brick facade of the late 15th century, with the arms of [[Pope Innocent VIII]].<ref name="Touring Club Italiano 1965 p. 455">Touring Club Italiano, ''Roma e dintorni'' (Milan, 1965) p. 455.</ref>