Igreja do Convento das Capuchinhas - Guimarães, Portugal - Abbeys, Convents and Monasteries on Waymarking.com

[PT]
"Convento e Igreja das Capuchinhas, fundado no ano de 1681 e à época também denominado de Convento Madre
Deus no Lugar de Campo Galego, edificado pelos Franciscanos e dada a sua relação com a Ordem fundada por Santa Clara, o Convento e Igreja então edificados, deram corpo ao “Mosteiro de Madre Deus das Capuchinhas ou de Claristas Reformadas”.

Sabe-se que ao tempo receberam o hábito 20(vinte) religiosas que receberam “véu preto” e em clausura recolhidas no Convento que recebera o brasão das filhas da Madre Deus e no ano de 1689 a Câmara «comprometeu-se a assegurar o sustento do Convento, quando para tal não chegassem as esmolas e enquanto o número de freiras não excedesse as 20 (vinte)…» e dado o falecimento da última religiosa no ano de 1888, de acordo com a lei, foi extinto o Convento, do que na actualidade restam o claustro de estrutura “simples”, tendo ao centro um chafariz em granito do século XVIII e a Igreja com a porta lateral para um adro fronteiro onde existe um Cruzeiro, datado do ano de 1775, assente em degraus de pedra."

[EN]
"Convent and Church of the Capuchins, founded in 1681 and at that time also called Mother of God Convent in Galician Field Location, built by the Franciscans and given its relationship with the Order founded by St. Clare, the convent and church then built, gave body to the "Mother of God Monastery of the Capuchin Claristas or Reformed."

It is known that at the time received the habit 20 (twenty) who received religious "black veil" and collected in the cloistered Convent that had received the arms of God and daughters of Mother in the year 1689 the Board "has undertaken to ensure the livelihood the Convent, where this did not reach the alms and while the number of the nuns did not exceed twenty (20) ... 'and given the death of the last religious in 1888, according to the law, the convent was dissolved, than at present left the cloister structure "simple", with a fountain in the middle of the eighteenth century granite, and the Church with the side door to a courtyard where there is an opposite Cross, dating from the year 1775, based on stone steps."


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Full name of the abbey/monastery/convent: Convento das Capuchinhas Address: Guimarães, Braga Portugal Religious affiliation: Catholic Date founded/constructed: 1/1/1681 Web Site: [Web Link] Status of Use: Converted to Other Use

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