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The Igreja de Santo Ildefonso is an eighteenth-century church in Porto, Portugal.The church is located near Batalha Square.. Completed in 1739, the church was built in a proto-Baroque style and features a retable by the Italian artist Nicolau Nasoni and a façade of 1932 azulejo tilework.
Diogo de Couto, a 16th century historian who served as Guarda-Mor ("High Guardian") of the Torre do Tombo's Portuguese India archives.. The archive is one of the oldest institutions in Portugal, since its installation in one of the towers of the castle in Lisbon, occurring during the reign of Ferdinand I, and likely in 1378 (the date where the first testimony originated).
It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau and Vitória. [1] The population in 2011 was 40,440, [2] in an area of 5.43 km 2. [3] It covers the historic part of the city of Porto.
Santo Ildefonso (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃tu ildɨˈfõsu]) is a former civil parish in the municipality of Porto, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória. [1] The population in 2011 was 9,029, [2] in an area of 1.24 km 2. [3] Church of Santo Ildefonso
Frei Antonio de Castro became Patriarch of Lisbon in 1814, being followed at Porto by João Avelar. Frei Manuel de Santa Inês, though elected, never obtained confirmation, but some years after his death, relations between Portugal and the Holy See were re-established by a concordat and Jerónimo da Costa Rebelo became bishop in 1843.
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal. The Parochial Memories of 1758 (Portuguese: Memórias Paroquiais de 1758) are the results of an enquiry sent to every parish in Portugal after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake by the order of Sebastião de Carvalho e Melo, the Secretary of State of Internal Affairs of the Kingdom.
Capela, José Viriato; Matos, Henrique; Borralheiro, Rogério (2009), "As Freguesias do Distrito do Porto nas Memórias Paroquiais de 1758", Memórias, História e Património (in Portuguese), Braga, Portugal, pp. 598–600 {}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher
Igreja de Santa Clara is a Catholic church located in the parish of Sé in Porto, Portugal. The construction of the church began in 1416 alongside the Santa Clara Convent for use by nuns of the Order of Poor Clares. The nuns settled in the church in 1427, which was eventually completed in 1457.