The origin of the Church of Sant Quirze de Pedret, belonging to the county of Berga and under the jurisdiction of the Bishopric of Urgell, is poorly documented.

The first record of the place can be traced back to 983 when Pedret is mentioned as one of the holds of the monastery of Sant Llorenç prop Bagà in its certificate of consecration and endowment (Et in Pedredo masos .II., cum terras et vineas).

The Church of Sant Miquel in Sant Llorenç prop Bagà was consecrated on 20 October 983. The deacon Francó granted this church a freehold with its buildings, vegetable gardens, vineyards and all its lands as well as a church, whose name is erased in the record but which locates the church in the county of Berga, on Pedret mountain and in Nesplosa ([...] cum ipsa ecclesia sancti [...] qui est in comitatu Bergitano, in monte Petreto in locum vocitatum Nesplosa). It cannot be guaranteed that it concerns the Church of Sant Quirze de Pedret as the record has lost this passage; however, if it were, Sant Quirze would not have a parochial nature.

On 20 March 1168, the bishop of La Seu d'Urgell, Arnau de Preixens, consecrated the Chapel of Sant Miquel i Sant Víctor de Pedret upon the request of Bertran d'Avià, the chapel's founder and donor. Every year during Lent, the latter had to donate a pound of wax to the bishops of Urgell. According to records, the donor constructed the chapel to save his soul and that of his predecessors, and would receive the tasca (feudal tribute representing part of the harvest) and the fruits of the first harvest.

The Chapel of Sant Miquel i Sant Víctor could be considered either to be independent of the Church of Sant Quirze de Pedret or to be a chapel in the church itself, as the consecration certificate does not so specify.

In 1248, Ferrer de Vilar, the priest and rector of the Church of Sant Quirze de Pedret, donated the lands owned by the parish of Sant Quirze to the monastery of Sant Pere de la Portella to save his soul and the soul of his loved ones.

During the 13th century, references to the place continued to be made in various wills and testaments. In 1286, Ramon d'Avià, from Berga, bequeathed six denarii to build Pedret bridge ([...] et operi pontis de Pedreto .VI denarios [...]).

The Church of Sant Quirze de Pedret constituted a parish church at the end of the Middle Ages, as, in 1312, reference is made to it in this category overlooking the deanery of Berga that same year.

In the 18th century, the church was a suffragan of Santa Maria de la Baells, together with Sant Andreu de Cercs. Given that there are so few monuments that remain intact in Catalonia, Barcelona Provincial Council's Service for the Conservation and Cataloguing of Monuments undertook the task to restore the building's original appearance, under the supervision of the architect Camil Pallàs. Upon the completion of this restoration work, the church, which had been desecrated and abandoned a century before, was restored as a place of worship on 6 September 1964. Today the church is only open for worship on its annual holiday and is under the auspices of the parish church of Berga.

Responsibility for the building's conservation falls on Berga Town Council by virtue of an agreement signed between the Bishopric of Solsona and Berga Town Council, which associates Pedret with Berga County Museum.

The second and final restoration of the church began in 1989.

(Text: Catalunya Romànica, volume 12, translation)