The church dates to the Jesuit settlement of Santo Ignácio, located in present-day Itaporanga d'Ajuda, in 1575.

The architectural historian Maria Berthilde Moura Filha stated that "of the remaining sugar plantations in Sergipe, this is the one with the oldest known references.

The Jesuits awarded two leagues of land in 1601 to educate indigenous people in the area in present-day Itaporanga d'Ajuda.

The Jesuits constructed a residence for priests, a school, and chapel on an elevation that strategically overlooked the Vasa-Barris River.

[1][2][4] Nicola Vibonatti Mandarino, and Italian immigrant, bought the farm in the mid-1920s from the heirs of Antônio Dias Coelho and Mellore.

A roof collapse severely damaged the interior elements of the chapel, including the main and side altars, balustrades, and wooden ornamentation.

[1] Its design strongly resembles that of the Chapel of the Nossa Senhora da Penha Sugar Plantation in Riacheulo, also in Sergipe.

It has a singular stone framed portal at ground level with a curved lintel; the choir has three windows with the same design.

The nave has numerous headstones of individuals related to the history of Sergipe, including those of the Dias Coelho e Mello families.