After WWII war damage was repaired, the church was later demolished by the local authorities as part of a renovation of the Old City.
[2] Further inscriptions were found in 1946 after World War II bomb damage exposed more of the area around the church.
[3][4] The inscriptions are held between the Sousse Archaeological Museum, the Louvre and the Maison méditerranéenne des Sciences de l'homme.
[5] Euting bought the steles from Maltese masons at La Goulette (Tunis), who discovered them in 1867 during foundation work for a church in Sousse 7 meters underground.
[7] In 1946, Alexis Truillot, curator of the Sousse Archaeological Museum, took advantage of the excavations carried out at the church, following the destruction in the war, to attempt a survey of the site.