The Sanctuary was built on the place where the native house of Saint Peter of Betancur was originally situated.

As the house was not preserved, in 1776 a branch of the Bethlehemites arrived on the site to initiate the construction of a temple in the exact same place of the Saint's birthplace.

[1] However, due to reforms in the 19th century Spanish political landscape, the temple was left unfinished.

Works officially resumed in 1991 and the Sanctuary was completed and inaugurated on April the 28th, 2002, when it was blessed by the Bishop of the Diocese of Tenerife, Felipe Fernández García.

On the main altar there are images of Peter and Blessed María Encarnación Rosal, a reformer of the Order of the Bethlehemites Sisters.