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It dates back to a hermitage in the same place, mentioned by Gaspar Frutuoso in several parts of his chronicle.

COSTA (1955-56) understands that the primitive hermitage in this place dates back to the 16th century due to its similarity with the similar ones under the invocation of the same patron, on the island of São Miguel and Terceira, which date back to that century.

The Church of São Romão de Alferce (Igreja Matriz de São Romão de Alferce) is a 16th century church.

Its original construction dates back to the 15th century, before 1480, as it already had a parish priest in that year. This temple was later destroyed by an earthquake. The current temple is the result of several reconstructions and remodelings to which the original was subjected, particularly from the end of the 15th century when it was completed.

It originally served as the parish church of the old parish of Rosto de Cão, later divided into the parishes of São Roque and Livramento. The first information known about him is found in a letter dated July 30, 1568, which shows that it was added from the congrue of the respective vicar. The first vicar of this parish was, according to Gaspar Frutuoso, Father Pêro Cão, who served there for more than forty years, it is believed that the toponym Rosto de Cão, given to this place, has some connection with the name of that priest.

Its construction was due to the intervention of Father Luís Lopes, first rector of the Jesuit College of Ponta Delgada who, in 1635, was forced by a storm to dock in Faial, when he was heading to the island of São Miguel. The fact is narrated in the work of Father António Franco published in 1720, where it is also recorded that the Colégio dos Jesuítas da Horta was built at the expense of Francisco Dutra de Quadros and his wife, Isabel da Silveira.

The temple was erected at the end of the 15th century, integrating one of the first hospital buildings on the island of São Miguel - the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Vila Franca. In the 17th century it underwent conservation works, the same occurring in the 18th century.

Church of St. st. Szymon and Judy Tadeusz the Apostles in Nidek was consecrated in 1536 or 1539, probably on the site of an earlier one, as the local parish was established already in 1313.

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Church of St Aeddan, Bettws Newydd is a well-preserved and well-restored 15th-century medieval parish church. It is suggested that the foundations of the church were laid down in the 12th century.