The church was built in 1570 and features a titular painting above the high altar and the corpse of St Lucian, the martyr.

The church of St Lucy was built in 1570, four years after the construction of the city of Valletta began.

The church was rebuilt with money paid by the wine merchants of Valletta.

[citation needed] The church building is listed on the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands.

Beneath the high altar, one can find the corpse of St Lucian the Martyr, brought from the cemetery of Priscilla in Rome.