Its founding patrons were Archbishop Turibius of Mogrovejo, who was the highest authority of the Church in the Viceroyalty of Peru, and the Portuguese Francisco Saldaña, who gave his entire estate to benefit the foundation.

[2] On September 6, 1591, Archbishop Mogrovejo wrote a letter to King Philip II, who gave his approval for the foundation to be carried out through a Royal Decree that arrived on May 10, 1592.

[2] In 1596, through a provincial bull, he authorized the Archdiocese of Lima to found a monastery "mainly for women where the observance of an exemplary life was introduced."

[2] The former St. Clare Mill (Spanish: Molino de Santa Clara) is located on Jirón Ancash, next to the church's main entrance and the square of the same name.

Two members of said immigration wave were Luis Josué and Elías Rainusso, who arrived in 1845 with an inherited fortune, that was invested in a company.

[5] Thanks to inscriptions located in their base, it is known that Florentine sculptor Casoni sculpted six of the statues in 1865—those of Galileo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Dante and Cervantes—with said sculptures being of better quality than the rest.

Its current owners are the North American grandchildren of Fernando León de Vivero [es], member of the APRA Party.