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Address R. de São Vicente, 4700-361 Braga, Portugal Similar Pópulo Church, St Paul's Church - Braga, Carmo Church, Holy Cross Church - Braga, Coimbras Chapel | ||
The Saint Vincent Church (in Portuguese, Igreja de São Vicente) is a 16th-century baroque Catholic church in Braga, Portugal, dedicated to Saint Vincent of Saragossa.
Was built in 1565 and restored in 1691, on the same site where there was once a Visigoth church of the 7th century (656). I 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 Monday.
The façade is completed with the statue of St. Vincent in granite, set in a niche surmounted by the Papal Cross.
The church has a luxurious interior with wood carving work in the altars and azulejos on the walls.