Was Sai Baba the first saint to reside in Shirdi?

The Shri Sai Satcharitra clarifies that while Sai Baba is the most renowned saint associated with Shirdi, he was not the first holy person to make the town his home. The narrative in Chapter 5 explicitly states that before Baba's well-known arrival, a saint named Devidas had already made Shirdi his home. The text further mentions that another holy man, Janakidas Gosavi, also came to live in Shirdi later on. This indicates that Shirdi already had a spiritual heritage before it became famous as the dwelling place of Sai Baba.