The original structure was erected in 1150 or 1164, by order of D. Afonso Henriques.

In 1363, a fire completely destroyed the church, and Ferdinand I of Portugal had it rebuilt.

The church portal, a Manueline trefoil arch that was salvaged intact following the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, was classified as a National Monument in 1910.

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