The church's construction began in 1684, thanks to the savings made by the Jesuits who built it on a piece of land given by the Town Council; in exchange for it, they undertook to make several building improvements at their own expenses, in particular: On 7 June 1725 Father Vincenzo Monteleone from Alcamo, who was the rector of the Jesuits' College, was appointed as the procurator for the building of this Church which in that period reached only the height of 8 palms on the western side, opposite the town walls.

The façade of the church is dominating piazza Ciullo: it is in Baroque style and is enriched by square pilasters with Doric-Tuscan and ionic orders.

The walls and the apse are embellished by stuccoes (cornices and wallpapers) in Rococo style, completed in 1767 (the year in which the Jesuits were expelled from this Church), maybe realized by Giovanni and Francesco Russo, who were Lorenzo Curti's assistants when young.

The present dome was made in 1962; below it there was a headstone with the letters "P X" (missing today) indicating the entrance to the Crypt expanding six meters deep towards the high altar, where they buried the members of the Society of Jesus who had deceased.

On the high altar, there is a painting made in 1797 by Giuseppe Renda, a painter from Alcamo, entitled Jesus' Circumcision (La circoncisione di Gesù).

At the side entrance from via Mazzini there is a holy water stoup dated 1500 made with white alabaster, probably coming from the church of the Annunciation.

The monument is embellished by marble inlays representing vegetable compositions and is surmounted by the emblem of the Jesuits' order with the monogram IHS above a tympanum aedicule.