[2] It originally had its own building to the east of St Paul's Cathedral, serving as a parish church for the residents of St Paul's Churchyard and Paternoster Row, but this was removed in 1256 to allow for the eastern expansion of the Cathedral.

[5] Until the reign of Edward VI the parishioners worshipped at the end of the west crypt under St Paul’s Quire.

[6] Sir Simonds D'Ewes, the diarist, attended the wedding of his father Paul and his stepmother, Lady Elizabeth Denton, in "St.

Faith's under St. Paul's" on 5 March 1623, and Sir Simonds's younger sister Mary also married there on 4 December 1626[7] From the reign of Edward VI until the Great Fire the parishioners, mostly booksellers in Paternoster Row,[8] transferred to the Jesus Chapel, their separateness emphasised by a screen.

[9] After the destruction of the cathedral by the Great Fire in 1666,[10] the parish was united with that of St Augustine Watling Street.