It is located at Corso Vittorio Emanuele #154 in the southern edge of historic Piacenza, Region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.
In 1170, Alberto Moroni had established a church with Lateran Canons dedicated to the Holy Apostles.
In 1414 Cardinal Angelo d'Anna granted the church to Cistercian nuns, previously housed in the monastery of Santa Maria di Nazaret.
An inventory from 1842, noted that the first chapel on the right, dedicated to St Joseph had been decorated by Giovanni Battista Tagliasacchi.
[1] After 1967, the nuns decided to create a cloistered monastery, although it also houses a small hostel, and meeting rooms.