The chapel was purchased in July 1600 by Monsignor Tiberio Cerasi, Consistorial Advocate and Treasurer-General to Pope Clement VIII.
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte borders the following municipalities: Gambarie Mannoli Laganadi,Calanna,Sambatello, Reggio Calabria, Roccaforte del Greco,Sant'Eufemia in Aspromonte San Roberto, Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte, Scilla, Podargoni,Cerasi.