[3][4] A statue of the saint which was sculpted by Ċikku and Girolamo Fabri (sometimes alternatively attributed to Vincenzo Dimech) was erected on the outskirts of the town in 1815.

[3] The site of the church had been previously occupied by a shop, which was reportedly dismantled at night after its owner had refused to vacate it.

Upon verification the building was formally consecrated as a church by Archbishop Charles Scicluna on 25 October 2019, almost 130 years after it had been completed.

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

The church also includes sculptures of Christ Resurrected (1981) by Gerolamo Dingli and Jesus falling under the Cross (1985) by Alfred Camilleri Cauchi.