Santa Engrácia (

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Saint Engratia Engratia (, ) is venerated as a virgin martyr and saint. Tradition states that she was martyred with eighteen companions in 303 AD. History Although her martyrdom is traditionally placed around 303 during the Diocletianic Persecution, more rec ...

'') is a former parish (''

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'') in the

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Lisbon Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...

, Portugal. At the administrative reorganization of Lisbon on 8 December 2012 it became part of the parish São Vicente.Lei n.º 56/2012 (Reorganização administrativa de Lisboa)
''Diário da República'', 1.ª Série, n.º 216. Accessed 25/11/2012. It has a total area of 0.57 km² and total population of 5,860 inhabitants (2001); density: 10,335.1 inhabitants/km². The parish was created in 1959, after the Santo Estêvao de Alfama de-annexation. The parish name was intended to honor the catholic martyr Santa Engracia of Zaragoza, later on the

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daughter, Infanta Maria built a church in the parish to receive a reliquary of the said martyr. After being almost destroyed by a severe storm, the church was rebuilt and eventually received the National Pantheon classification.

Main sites

* Palha Palace (also called Van Zeller Palace or Pancas Palace) * Veloso Rebelo Palhares Palace * Nossa Senhora da Porciúncula Church (also called Barbadinhos Church) *

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External links

Santa Engrácia's parish website

References

Former parishes of Lisbon {{Lisbon-geo-stub