The church having been built over a very short time span (only ten years, from 1170 to 1180), it appears strikingly homogenous in style and proportions, however some parts have been completed and others modified in a Romanesque Revival style by the architect Charles Winckler (sometimes spelled Winkler) between 1889 and 1893.

[2] Like many major buildings in Alsace the church is made of pink Vosges mountains sandstone.

Hildegard of Egisheim [de], the wife of Friedrich von Büren, one of the ancestors of the House of Hohenstaufen, founded a first sanctuary dedicated to Saint Faith at this place around 1085, of which the crypt is today the only part remaining.

The church, which was then menaced of destruction by the town council, was saved by the intervention of the Bishop of Strasbourg, Louis Constantin de Rohan[3] The Jesuits have left their mark on the church's furniture, most notably the pulpit, an important example of local Baroque art.

Among the churches many features, the ornate capitals crowning the columns inside and pillars of the windows outside belong to the finest.