The site on which the church was built in 1402 was originally the site of an old hospice , dedicated to St. James , as attested in a document of Pope Innocent III in 1210 . The hospice and its chapel were passed on the Servite Order by bishop Paperone de ' Paperoni in 1273 . They transformed the main hall of the hospice into a church . The present church was built in 1402 under Prior Filippo di Massiolo da Foligno , incorporating the older church at its crossing . This was probably largely financed by Ugolino III Trinci , the lord of Foligno . The church was modified in the 17th and 18th centuries . The earthquake of 1997 badly damaged the church ; restoration of the church was finished in 2000
earthquake of 1997
1997 Umbria and Marche earthquake
San Giacomo, Foligno