Gradually being added onto, the old chapel received contributions from famous artists and became the greatest symbol of Baroque religious art, today known as Capela Dourada da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco do Recife [Golden Chapel of the Third Order of St Francis of Recife].

The construction date of the Chapel of Apipucos is unknown. What is known, through documents, is that it already existed, in the same place it can be found today, in 1645, under the invocation of Our Lady Mother of God, and then of Our Lady of Sorrows.