Santo António Church (Lisbon)

Santo António Church (Lisbon)

The Santo António Church (Portuguese: "Igreja de Santo António de Lisboa") is located in Lisbon, Portugal. It is dedicated to Saint Anthony of Lisbon, best known around the Christian world as Saint Anthony of Padua. According to tradition, the church was built on the site where the saint was born, in 1195.

History

"Fernando de Bulhões" - Saint Anthony - was born in Lisbon in 1195, the son of a wealthy family. In 1220, while studying in Coimbra, he entered the Franciscan Order, adopting the name "António". His missionary travels would lead him to Italy, where he settled in Padua. Due to his immense popularity, he was canonised less than a year after his death, in 1232.

The site of the family house where Fernando was born, located very close to Lisbon Cathedral, was turned into a small chapel in the 15th century. This early building, from which nothing remains, was rebuilt in the early 16th century, during the reign of King Manuel I. The Lisbon Senate was located on a house just beside the chapel. A religious brotherhood ("Irmandade de Santo António") dedicated to the saint was founded in the 16th century.

In 1730, under King John V, the church was rebuilt and redecorated. In the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake the Santo António Church was destroyed, with only the main chapel left standing. It was fully rebuilt after 1767 to a Baroque-Rococo design by architect "Mateus Vicente de Oliveira". This is the church that can be visited today.

Since 1755 a procession leaves the church every June 13th, passes by Lisbon Cathedral and goes through the slopes of Alfama neighbourhood, located nearby.

On May 12th 1982, Pope John Paul II visited the church. He inaugurated a statue of Saint Anthony (by sculptor "Soares Branco") in the square in front of the church and prayed in the crypt, which marks the spot where the saint was born.

References and external links

* [http://www.monumentos.pt General Bureau for National Buildings and Monuments (Portugal)]
* [http://revelarlx.cm-lisboa.pt/gca/index.php?id=960 St Anthony Processions (Lisbon Municipality, in Portuguese)]
* [http://revelarlx.cm-lisboa.pt/gca/index.php?id=333 St Anthony Church history and photos (Lisbon Municipality, in Portuguese)]


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