It is located on the second block of the Jirón Carabaya, between the Archbishop's Palace and the Cathedral, and facing the main square of the city.

[1] The building houses the baptism, marriage and death certificates of a number of important figures in the history of the city.

[2] On January 29, 1711, Fernando Hurtado y Quesada, the son of the Count of Cartago, stole the ciborium containing the hosts and hid them under an orange tree next to an acequia in the Alameda de los Descalzos, eventually being found.

[3] To commemorate the controversial event, Viceroy Diego Ladrón de Guevara ordered that a church be built on the site of the discovery.

[4] The church was damaged during the earthquake of 1940, and its façade was subsequently restored by architect Emilio Harth Terré [es].