The construction of the church began in 1781, on the site of a primitive temple in an area that was once the centre of the original town, under the direction of its first vicar, the Ouvidor Father Manuel Lourenço Vieira.

[1] It was only 1859 that the church was consecrated; the delay in its construction is reflected in the facade which consists of two distinct styles, the last phase of poorer nature.

[1] On 5 November 1998, a resolution by the President of the regional government (220/1998, JORAA, Série 1, 45) supported the classification of the property as a landmark of municipal importance.

On 9 September 2004, it was reclassified under terms of Article 94 (Decree 107/2001) as a Imóvel de Interesse Público (Property of Public Interest).

[1] The church is situated to the left of the Praceta Roberto de Mesquita, incorporated into a walled garden with an octagonal reflecting pool.

[2] The open space to the left of the church is defined by a lateral facade, tower and sacristy, as well as being paved in Portuguese pavement between stonework.

In each of the pedestals are inscriptions in Latin that read (from left to right):[1][2] Above the capitals of the columns are windows, which are more elaborated then the doors, bulky elements that connect the second cornice, to the upper (similar to the ones anterior).

[2] The third level of the facade is divided into sections by the pilasters that rise from the preceding base into the curvilinear frontispiece topped by iron cross on a plinth.

[2] The interior consists of three naves divided by two lines of five arches supported by square pillars over protruding pedestal, base and capitals.

[2] On the opposite side, is a section with rounded archway over pillars to the baptistry, located at the base of the left bell tower, and covered in vaulted ceiling and decorated in corner stonework, topped by cornice and its walls in polychromatic azulejo tile.

On the third pillar from the entrance, on the ambo side, is the pulpit over corbel, with wooden guardrail and balustrade, accessible by staircase in stone.