Our Lady of Grace Cathedral, São Tomé

Our Lady of Grace Cathedral
Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Graça
Location São Tomé
Country  São Tomé and Príncipe
Denomination Roman Catholic Church

The Our Lady of Grace Cathedral[1] (Portuguese: Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Graça) also called Cathedral of São Tomé, it is a Roman Catholic cathedral, located in the district of Água Grande in the city of São Tomé, capital of the African and island country of São Tomé and Príncipe, and that is the cathedral of the diocese São Tomé and Príncipe. The original church of Our Lady of Grace, probably dates from the fifteenth century and is in the People's Square, near the defense tower built between 1492 and 1493 by Captain Álvaro de Caminha.[2]

In 1534[3] the city became a bishopric through the Bull "Aequum reputamus" of Pope Paul IV, who established the diocese of São Tomé and Príncipe (Diœcesis Sancti Thomæ in Insula) and elevated the church of Our Lady of Grace to the status of cathedral.[4]

The building was renovated between 1576 and 1578, during the reign of King Sebastian of Portugal.[5] In 1757, the seat of the diocese moved to Santo António on the island of Príncipe for some decades.[6] Also in 1757, it received a renovation project under the military engineer José António Caldas, but the change was never completed. In 1784, it was in poor condition with the front part in ruins. In 1814 it was restored again at the initiative of the local population. The last modification was made in 1956 and significantly altered the main facade.

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  1. ↑ Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Graça, São Tomé
  2. ↑ "«Teresa Madeira. Estudo morfológico da cidade de São Tomé no contexto urbanístico das cidade insulares atlânticas de origem portuguesa. Colóquio Internacional Universo Urbanístico Português 1415-1822, Coimbra 1999»". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19.
  3. ↑ Mata, Inocência (1993-01-01). Emergência e existência de uma literatura: o caso santomense (in Portuguese). Edições ALAC.
  4. ↑ Pinto, Manuel do Rosário; Caldeira, Arlindo Manuel (2006-01-01). Relação do descobrimento da Ilha de São Tomé (in Portuguese). Centro de História de Além-Mar. ISBN 9789729867293.
  5. ↑ "HPIP". www.hpip.org. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  6. ↑ Carta na qual se refere o desejo de S. Mag.e da mudança da Catedral, da cidade de S. Tomé para a de S. António na ilha do Príncipe. In: S. Tomé e Príncipe na segunda metade do séc. XVIII / Carlos Filomeno Azevedo Agostinho das Neves; Lisbon: Instituto de História de Além-Mar; Funchal: Regional Secretary of Tourism, Culture and Emigration, 1989. p. 206. Memórias de África

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