The Basilica of the Good Lord Jesus ( pt, Basílica do Senhor Bom Jesus) AKA Basilica of Tremembé is a Catholic church located in the city of

Tremembé Tremembé is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte. The population is 47,714 (2020 est.) in an area of 191.09 km². The elevation is 560 m. A shr ...

, São Paulo in the south of

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. The image of Good Lord Jesus of Tremembe is carved in wood and for the Catholic Church is a prominent religious artifact. The church of Bom Jesus de tremembé began as a chapel built by Manoel da Costa Cabral on his farm in the then town of Taubaté, in the place called Tremembé, in 1672. The chapel was expanded in 1795. In 1907 the parish of Lord Buen Jesús de Tremembé was created, receiving the title of archdiocesan Sanctuary as reported on the site of the basilica. In 1974,

Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...

, recognized the value of the church granting him the title of Minor Basilica.

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