Felice e Fortunato here. Gaiada was also spelt Galiada and Galliada in historical documents. It was the southernmost part of the archipelago, to the south of the Castrazio island, in the Plaude della Centrega marsh and probably further south along the San Lorenzo channel. The first attestation of the Galliada toponym is a 1174 verdict by the public property authority of the Republic of Venice which mentions the "tumba Ambrosii” and “Galliada" in an area between Torcello and Falconera (a location that has not been identified). According to Corner, an 18th century church historian, the first document which mentioned the church of Santa Maria Maddalena was in 1025 but secure documentation started only in 1155. There was already a parish church dedicated to the same saint in the Cannaregio district of Venice which, according to the chronicles, was founded in 1025. A document of a bequest in 1231 mentioned the monastery. The cult of Santa Maria Maddalena started in Provence (southern France) and spread to Northern Italy. It was linked to protection against mouth illnesses. The monastery of Santa Maria Maddalena (or Santa Maria della Gaiada) received donation in wills of the second half of the 13th century. In 1252 pope Innocent IV intervened in a dispute between this monastery and that of San Lorenzo. In 1271 a private donation was distributed to the monasteries of Sant’Andrea and San Marco, in Orti di Ammiana, San Lorenzo, in Castrazio, two monasteries in Torcello and lastly Sant’Angelo (also in Orti di Ammiana) and Santa Maria Maddalena. In 1276 a contract between the abbess of Santa Margherita in Torcello and the prioress of Santa Maria della Gaiada was signed for the rental of a property for five years by the former. One proviso was that the abbess would find a farmer to work the land of its property and that she would rent it to this person. That this island was cultivable was also confirmed by the fact that people from outside the lagoon resided in the island and worked the fields belonging to Santa Maria. In 1280 there was one of various disputes with the monastery of Santi Felice e Fortunato. There were also disputes with the parish church of San Lorenzo and that of the nearby Littore Albo (today’s Lio Piccolo by the Cavallino peninsula).