 The statue was brought to Trpanj on 20 May 1855 and that date was celebrated as a holiday until 1912.The king Franz Joseph I visited the church on 11 May 1875 while on his tour of Dalmatia.Prince Joseph II of Liechtenstein who frequently came to Trpanj to hunt for "čaglje" (a wild dog native of Pelješac resembling a hyena) made a gift of 2 bells in 1888.