Primeiro Santo Portugués - Valença, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
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Ariberna
N 42° 01.690 W 008° 38.734
29T E 529340 N 4652964
Statue of first bishop in Portugal.
Waymark Code: WM18TH4
Location: Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Date Posted: 09/24/2023
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"A commemorative monument, built in the 60s of the 20th century, representing the sculptural image of São Teotónio, the Portuguese patron saint of Valença. The image is depicted standing, wearing cross robes and holding a mitre on his head, which is considered an iconographic error and contrary to what happens in other representations of the saint, where the mitre is removed, since Saint Teotónio had refused the bishopric."
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The statue made with granite has bronze letters that put:
"S TEOTÓNIO
Primeir(o) Santo Portugués
1082-1162"
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