The church stands next to Palazo Corvaja and dates from the 17th-18th century. The facade, above which is a short bell-tower, is simple and adorned with an 18th-century Baroque door. Above it in a niche, is a sculptured likeness of St Catherine of Alexandria executed in the 18th century by P. Greco. The interior, of modest proportions, is brightly lit and characterized by the usual baroque ornamentation.

At the high altar but also at the side ones, are fine spiral columns.*

The distinctive feature of the building is its foundations, which are laid over the remains of a Hellenistic temple and casily visible from inside the church.*

*From the guidebook – Taormina the Peal of the Ionian Sea