The first stone of the church was laid in 1630 at the time when the convents settled everywhere in Europe. Clermont then welcomes Minimes fathers in an establishment constructed through the generosity of Marguerite Saulnier, widow of François Lecourt, Lord of Montdory. The place is not very safe: at the bottom of the city, between the meandering Tiretaine crisscrossing the area, and along the Jaude square so cluttered with waste. The chapel is built in andesite lava, with sobriety and severity according to the same principles of life Minimes fathers. Under the injunction of the inhabitants, however one decides to decorate the heavy and cold facade, by adding to it in 1731, two bell towers that were destroyed in 1734 to in 1742 to build one that collapses... and that 'more firmly is reconstructed immediately. The Revolution approach.
In 1790, the chapel is closed and the Minimes Monastery emptied of its inhabitants. In 1793, members of the Jacobin society invest the chapel to meet there, this will avoid demolition. However, the Church of St. Peter, who was at the site of the current market is destroyed in 1796. It will submit his name to the chapel of Minimes after the Revolution, when the parishes will be restored. In 1857, the roof of the nave was raised and we add a small bell adorned keys of St. Peter. From 1895 to 1897 the church was enlarged. The architect Teilhard built the choir and transept of the cross in the overcoming of a dome and removing the bell tower built in 1742.
From the original St. Peter's church, the baptismal certificate of Blaise Pascal is exposed in the sacristy.
