 Grand Master Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle helped to extend the church and donated a new titular painting.At the same time, Pope Sixtus V granted 100 days of Indulgence to all visitors.In 1636, just 20 years after the chapel had been elevated into a parish before splitting with Żejtun, Bishop Michaele Belageur described the large quantity of ex-voto offerings, and stated that of all the churches on the islands, this one attracts the greatest devotion