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A vineyard and church was present at the site by the 14th century, dedicated to St Oliva, who putatively had died as a martyr in North Africa in 463, and had been buried at a cemetery here outside the city walls. A document from 1310 mentions a church or chapel at the site. It was enlarged by a
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