The order of Capuchin friars was approved by Pope Clement VII Medici in 1528 and in Monterotondo is one of the first monasteries was built, in 1609.
In 1703, the convent of the Minor Capuchin Friars it hosted St. Crispin of Viterbo who performed miracles here and you can still see the water well springing from his garden.
Garibaldi used the monastery as his headquarters in 1849 and 1867 and the effect of a cannon shot on the building can be seen.
In the early twentieth century, the friars opened a school of theology and philosophy, and during World War II have been very active in supporting the populations of Monterotondo and Mentana.
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