San Vittore al Corpo stands on the site of a Roman imperial mausoleum of the fourth century, possibly of Maximian. In the eighth century the basilica was enlarged to house the relics of Saints Vittore and Satiro. The monastery was transferred to the Olivetans in 1507, and they began a major reconstruction.
Vincenzo Seregni began rebuilding the church in 1533, and Pellegrino Tibaldi completed it in 1568. The facade remains incomplete. Guglielmo Caccia painted the dome frescoes in 1617. The left transept has a canvas cycle on the stories of San Benedetto by Ambrogio Figino, and the right transept has three altarpieces by Camillo Procaccini.
The monastery served as a military hospital in the Napoleonic wars and then as barracks. Bombing damaged the site in 1943. It now houses the Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology.
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