The church was built before the pastoral visit of 1542, as stated by Monsignor Platamone, who lists it among those visited during his tour of the diocese. Shortly before 1621, the church temporarily housed the oratory of Saint Philip Neri. It was not destroyed by the earthquake of 1693. Indeed, according to one report, it had already opened for worship by 1696. Major alterations were carried out in 1753, followed by further restoration work undertaken by Cavaliere Giuseppe Monelli Arezzo in 1902. The exterior is simple, and the bell chamber contains a small bell dated 1755. The interior has a single nave, with the typical pietra pece floor and a splendid altar dominated by a painting of the Holy Trinity with Saint Philip Neri in prayer. On the walls, framed nineteenth-century prints form the Stations of the Cross. The small chairs with kneelers, which date back to the last century, are all different from one another because they belonged to individual worshippers, each of whom had their own kneeler decorated with a monogram. The consecrated travelling altar, finely crafted in wood, is especially worthy of note. As a rule, travel altars were compact and lightweight, designed for easier worship while travelling. They were made of wood or metal, could be folded, and included compartments for storing items such as candles, incense, statues, or devotional items and sacred vestments. 

In the small sacristy, visitors can admire not only the cabinet containing the vestments used for the Mass celebrated daily by the family priest, but also the oldest floor in the house. Made of diamond-shaped pietra pece tiles, it is a sixteenth-century remnant of the original building, laid around the rock on which the building solidly stands.

Sacred Vestments: antique Sicilian sacred vestments are authentic artistic masterpieces, often embroidered with gold thread, coral, fine silk and gemstones. They represent one of the highest expressions of the island’s craftsmanship. They also bring together refined textile work, the richness of Baroque style, and deep religious devotion. Produced mainly between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, these sacred furnishings (chasubles, copes, dalmatics and altar frontals) bear witness to the splendour of church decorations in Sicily and its historical ties to the courts of Europe. Many antique vestments are embroidered with the heraldic coats of arms of Sicily’s noble families (such as the Branciforte or Pignatelli), who funded these costly works of art both to display their prestige and to secure their eternal salvation.