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* Parochial Archive (ed.), Livro de Visitações da Igreja de Santa Bárbara (1661–1704) (in Portuguese), Vila do Porto (Azores), Portugal: Arquivo Paroquial de Vila do Porto Carbalho, Manuel Chaves (2001), Igrejas e Ermidas de Santa Maria, em Verso (in Portuguese), Vila do Porto (Azores), Portugal: Câmara Municipal de Vila do Porto, p. 84
Cathedral of Aveiro Igreja matriz de Santa Maria de valega; Válega. Capela de Nossa Senhora do Desterro (Arada) Capela do Senhor do Calvário (); Cathedral of Aveiro; Church of São João Evangelista
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.
Portugal is the location of one of the major Catholic shrines and Marian pilgrimage sites, at Fátima, honouring Our Lady of Fátima. The northern city of Braga is an important Catholic centre. A Portuguese saying which lists characteristics of different cities states that "Coimbra studies, Braga prays, Lisbon shows off and Porto works". [ 14 ]
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.
St James' Church is an English-speaking Anglican church in Porto (also known as Oporto), Portugal. It is part of the Diocese in Europe . The church is surrounded by a churchyard, and its history is closely tied with the British merchants of that city.
Miragaia (Portuguese pronunciation: [miɾɐˈɣajɐ]) 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 2,067, [2] in an area of 0.43 km 2 (0.17 square miles). [3]