It was built in the late 17th century and it took over the function of an older parish church which was located elsewhere in the village and which now lies in ruins.

The old parish church was located in another part of the village, and it was built and enlarged gradually between the 15th and early 17th centuries.

The building was abandoned and partially demolished after the present parish church was built, but some ruins still stand and they were classified as a heritage site in 1998 and were restored in 2007.

The wooden statue which is carried in procession in the city feast day (the last Sunday of June) was sculptured by Pietro Felici in 1736.

Fours years earlier, in 1732, the same sculptor had produced the stone statue which still stands in the centre of the square.