The temple was guarded and governed by monks of the Order of St. Benedict, and it is likely that its structure was very similar to many others existing during the Leonese Mozarabs. The remains tell the tales of the passage of Almanzor through these lands in the late tenth century, devastating the city and destroying the temples. However, it appears that damage to the building of the cathedral must have been immediately repaired, since in the year 999 King Alfonso V was crowned in it, in an event full of glory.