On 19 April 1726, in the chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, a Brotherhood was installed under the protection of Saint Rita of Cascia, a saint whose image was considered miraculous.

Located in the municipality of Goiana, it was founded in 1889 by Diniz Peryllo de Albuquerque Melo. It was previously a sugar plantation, founded before the Dutch invasion by Gaspar Pacheco. Confiscated, it was sold by the invaders in 1637 to Hans Wilen Louisen.