The parish church was solemnly consecrated by Archbishop Paul Alphéran de Bussan on 11 December 1732.

[2] The main door, which is made of bronze, is dated 1913 and is the work of Pio Cellini.

In 1952 this door was dismantled, and renovated and cleaned by the blacksmith Mastru Lucens Agius.

Naxxar was one of the first villages which had the statues of the Passion of Our Lord and in fact it is believed that the procession started being held just after 1750.

On 9 November 1787, the body of the martyr St Vittorio was brought from the Catacomb of Calepodius of Rome and is found in the altar in the choir.