The Church of St. Martin was first mentioned in the list of parishes in this area 1334. Currently the list is stored in the archives of the Zagreb Archdiocese. The four wards, one of them is the parish of St. Martin.

The Church was built in the area previously occupied by the ancient Roman settlement. This is the conclusion of scientists who have studied the surroundings of the Church in 1977 and 1978. Here systematic excavations were carried out, which showed that the ancient settlement was located on the square from 2, 5 to 3 sq. km.

It was found much archaeological material, confirming this assumption. Namely: the remains of an ancient building (Roman house), ancient walls, a stone pillar, a variety of building materials that testify to the intense activity that was happening here. Also there have been found Roman coins, oil lamps, ceramic pots, fragments of an altar dedicated to the Roman God Jupiter and much more.

At the time of the Communist regime in the country, the word "Holy" was forbidden, so the old name and, accordingly, sanctification, in honor of the Holy Catholic Church was returned only in 1990.