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The Archdiocese of Braga (Latin: Archidioecesis Bracarensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Portugal. It is known for its use of the Rite of Braga , a use of the liturgy distinct from the Roman Rite and other Latin liturgical rites .
In 716 the Arabs began their invasion and conquest of Portugal, including Lisbon, Porto, Braga, Tuy, Lugo, and Orense. The areas were depopulated. [13] After the Arab invasion Justus seems to have been the first bishop (c. 882). He is only a name. [14] Gomado was probably elected in 872, when King Affonso III won back the city.
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.
The chapel is located in an urban environment within the historic centre of Braga, alongside the Church of São João do Souto, in the civil parish of the same name.It is situated along a road, whose posterior façade faces the Palace of Coimbras, across from the Casa do Passadiço, southeast from the Church of Santa Cruz and Hospital of São Marcos.
When Portugal separated from León in 1139, Braga assumed even greater importance. It contested with Toledo the primacy over all the Iberian sees, but the popes decided in favour of the latter city. Since it retained as suffragans the dioceses of Porto, Coimbra, Viseu, Bragança-Miranda do Douro, Aveiro and Pinhel.
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561-563 - Religious council meets in Braga. [5] 572 - Religious council meets in Braga. [5] 675 - Religious council meets in Braga. [5] 8th C. - Moors in power. [4] 1040 - Braga taken by forces of Ferdinand I. [4] 1089 - Braga Cathedral consecrated. 1093 - Braga becomes seat of royal court (until 1147). [4] 1417 - Fernando da Guerra becomes ...
The Archiepiscopal Palace of Braga (Portuguese: Paço Arquiepiscopal de Braga), is a Portuguese episcopal palace in civil parish of Braga (São José de São Lázaro e São João do Souto), in the municipality of the same name, in the northern district of Braga.