The altar surmounted by the altarpiece with Saint Michael the Archangel by Beccafumi holds an urn containing the relics of the Blessed Franco Lippi da Grotti, a Carmelite hermit, renowned for his great austerity of life.
 Franco Lippi was born in the Castle of Grotti near Siena on December 3rd, 1211 by extremely devout parents. Despite their teachings, as a teenager he kept bad company, . . .