In 1263, the Servite friars tore down the ancient, tumbledown church of San Clemente, and used the bricks and other building material in part to build their new church and large convent. Despite the Guelph tendencies of the Order of the Servants of Mary, the commune of Siena, which was Ghibelline, chose to contribute to the construction by giving the Servites a large quantity of bricks but no . . .