The Saint Vincent Church () is a 16th-century

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Braga Braga ( , ; cel-x-proto, Bracara) is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality has a resident population of 193,333 inhabitants (in ...

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, dedicated to

Saint Vincent of Saragossa Vincent of Saragossa (also known as Vincent Martyr, Vincent of Huesca or Vincent the Deacon), the Protomartyr of Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_m ...

. The Church has been classified as Property of Public Interest since 1986.

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It was built in 1565 and restored in 1691, on the same site where there was once a

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church of the 7th century (656). In the sacristy there is a stone from that old building with the inscription: ''Here rests Remismuera since the first of May 618, Monday, in peace, Amen''. This is the oldest authentic Christian monument in Braga, and the oldest reference of ''Segunda-feira'', the Christian Portuguese name for

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. The façade is completed with the statue of

St. Vincent Saint Vincent may refer to: People Saints * Vincent of Saragossa (died 304), a.k.a. Vincent the Deacon, deacon and martyr * Saint Vincenca, 3rd century Roman martyress, whose relics are in Blato, Croatia * Vincent, Orontius, and Victor (died 305) ...

in granite, set in a niche surmounted by the

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. The church has a luxurious interior with

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work in the

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s and

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s on the walls.

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{{Authority control Roman Catholic churches in Braga

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