In 1656 in the district called "Madonna del Riposo", at the foot of
Mount Bonifato, they built a little Church in honour of the Madonna with the same title. The strip of land needed for its construction was donated by doctor Diego Nicodemi, and there are two notarial deeds, drawn up by the
notary La Perna which attest the details; the land should have been about five metres and half long and four metres large. This piece of land was located in the feud of Costa and in
contrada the pusaturi. In 1939 the building was restored thanks to the offerings of the believers and the Virgilio family, the owner of this place, donated a painting on
slate with the image of
the Virgin Mary, assigned to
Giuseppe Renda. They also made the electrical system, new
vestments and some premises for the guardian, next to the
sacristy. In 1986 the
bishop of Trapani had elevated it to the status of
parish, already acknowledged with a decree by the
Ministry of the Interior, and they had to build a larger Church; in 1988 father Pietro Filippi was appointed as the
parson. It worked for a certain period as a parish in the small Church of the Holy Saviour (Santissimo Salvatore), in the same street leading to the top of Mount Bonifato, but after a few years all the decisions were shelved and they did nothing about it. == The feast ==