The church is the private chapel of the adjacent Aedes Danielis Palace built by the Testaferrata Bonnici family who also built the nearby St Angelo's Church.

[1] through the initiative of Neriku Testaferrata and blessed by Archbishop Paul Alphéran de Bussan.

[citation needed] The chapel was consecrated by Archbishop Pietro Pace on December 8, 1891.

[citation needed] In the 1980s the church was ransacked and a sizable amount of priceless valuables were stolen.

The church remains the private property of the Testaferrata Bonnici family.