In its origin Miragaia was a land of fishermen. As such, it is natural that his patron saint was the holy fisherman, São Pedro.

The church of São Pedro de Miragaia that we can see today is the most recent of several others that will have existed in that same place. It originated in the Middle Ages and will have had different configurations and aspects. Later, the small fishing village ended up approaching Porto, thanks to the spatial expansion of the city, which forced the construction of the second belt of walls, the Fernandina Wall, which already had half walls with the so-called Arrabalde de Miragaia. The fishermen, who were on the beach of Miragaia, would eventually move to more distant areas of Porto, at least the majority, to Lordelo or Afurada. The Miragaia beach was then occupied by the shipyards where many of the vessels used in the Portuguese overseas expansion and in Porto's trade with Northern Europe were built.

In 1672, Bishop D. Nicolau Monteiro reformed the church. Nothing unusual, given that each bishop liked to immortalize his time in the diocese in the village stone. But that was not all that moved the works. The church, over the years, the population growth and, consequently, the number of the faithful, was too small. In 1740, it was partially demolished, using only the chancel and the transept in the current construction. It is from this campaign of works that the current church results.

The church is very simple. The façade has a pedimented portal and a large meshed window and is topped by a triangular pediment with the legend «Divo Petro Dicata» (Dedicated to S. Pedro) and topped by a cross. The walls were covered with tiles between 1863 and 1876. The church's unique nave is enriched only by the gilded altar dedicated to Nossa Senhora do Carmo, which belonged to the church of the extinct and ruined Monchique Convent and by the altar of Santa Rita, from XVII century. The chancel is covered with carved reinforced with elements from Monchique