It was sculpted by Armando Lacerda in 1969, being inaugurated on November 1 of the same year by the then mayor José Mauro Castelo Branco Sampaio.

In the construction stage of modeling the statue, Armando also made the decision to resize it to a height of 17 meters, apart from the base.

Large volumes of cement were used for the time, in a period characterized by a great shortage of production due to an economic crisis, even lacking in the Brazilian producing regions, forcing the mayor to seek the alternative of bringing material from Europe.

The place and the climate collaborate for various cultural presentations, walks, breakfasts, diverse leisure moments among the population The city of Juazeiro do Norte, where the statue is located, is considered the largest center of Catholicism in Latin America, being the second largest destination for pilgrimages after Aparecida (São Paulo).

Receiving the daily visit of thousands of pilgrims, faith is carried in trucks, macaw sticks and buses packed by the fervor of the blessed in the most sincere expression of religiosity.

At the time of pilgrimages, the city is transformed with the reception of visitors in an amount greater than twice the number of inhabitants of the municipality.