In Cat. xiv. § 5, he says, “It was a garden
where He was crucified. For though it has now been most highly
adorned with royal gifts, yet formerly it was a garden, and the signs
and the remnants of this remain.” From this it is evident
that the traces of a garden close to the Church were still visible both
to Cyril and his hearers. Twice again in § 11 he mentions
the garden, which he had most probably himself seen in its former
state, before the ground was cleared at the time of the recovery of the
Holy Sepulchre in 326.