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In the place indicated by the legends, the church of San
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and has undergone at least five recognitions: in 1599 during the episcopate of
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He drew up a brief commemoration of the episcopate of
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However, this doesn't take anything away from the strong devotion of the citizenship since the most remote times to San
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