It is located southwest of the town of Muravera in the district of the same name. The earliest traces of occupation of the area date back to Roman times; in particular, the base of an apsidal structure, perhaps a Roman-era mausoleum pertaining to a necropolis of which a number of tombs were found in the 1950s, was found under the floor of the church. From this phase could be the limestone column rubble included in the left edge of the modern facade and two Corinthian capitals in red trachyte mentioned by Canon Giovanni Spano.
Later a Romanesque building was implanted consisting of a single rectangular hall equal to the modern nave, the door of which was ended by an arch made of limestone ashlars enriched with ceramic basins. In the 18th century the church was enlarged with two aisles.
