The brotherhood built a hermitage and small chapel in Salvador near the Archbishop's Palace in the late 17th century.

It was demolished in 1708 when the Brotherhood was granted land owned by the Jesuits by the Archbishop of Salvador Sebastião Monteiro da Vida; the Jesuits needed the site of the hermitage to build a curving lower walkway to connect the Sé Cathedral and the Archbishop's Palace.

The structure had fallen into ruin and required renovation by 1741, as stated in a Royal decree of the period.

This function was transferred to the Church and Hospice of Our Lady of the Good Journey, which continued to house travelling clergy until the 1970s.

The exterior is of stone masonry and brick and opens directly onto the Terreiro de Jesus.

The decor of the interior of the church represents the transition between the both Rococo and Neoclassical styles in Bahia.

[6][7][5] The painting on the ceiling of the nave depicts the Confession of Peter from the Book of Matthew; the scene is a reference to Matthew 16 where Jesus says "[a]nd I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."