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In the 8th century, Pope Adrian I gave this church to the Greek-Byzantine community, who had come to Rome due to persecution in the East. In the vestry, there's an icon of the Theotokos, the Mother of God, and John VII's mosaic. In the atrium, there's the 'Mouth of truth'.
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