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In L. Bufalini’s map of Rome (1551), near piazza della Pigna (south of the Pantheon and north of Piaz‑ za Venezia), the existence of a church that has now disappeared is known from late medieval catalogues: Ss. Cosma and Damiano de Pinea. Archaeologically, nothing has been preserved of the building and it is difficult to define the origins of this church; however, through the reading of a late-medieval inscription, identified by E. Michon at the beginning of the XX century, and through two inscriptions transcribed by A. Ciacconio (a XVI century antiquarian), paper will try to show new origins traces of a now lost church. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]