Missão, espiritualidade e arte em São Francisco Xavier

This work brings together texts from the scientific meeting of the 400th anniversary of the beatification of St. Francis Xavier by Pope Paul V, which took place on 25 October 1619, and the paintings of the sacristy of the church of Saint Roch (Igreja de São Roque), by André Reinoso.

General coordination: Maria Margarida Montenegro, Director of Culture of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa | Scientific coordination: Teresa Freitas Morna, Director of the São Roque Museum, SCML; António Júlio Trigueiros, SJ; Maria João Pereira Coutinho, IHA/NOVA FCSH

Authors: António Júlio Trigueiros, SJ; João Miguel Simões; Maria João Pereira Coutinho; Nuno Senos;
Paulo Campos Pinto; Silvia Ferreira; Vítor Serrão

Revision and technical support: João Miguel Simões and Maria João Pereira Coutinho
Design and pagination: TVM Designers

Photo Credits: Overseas Historical Archive; National Archive of Torre do Tombo; Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.; Casanatense Library; National Library of Portugal;
British Library; Cascais City Council / Condes de Castro Guimarães Museum; Moura City Council / Fábio Martins; Óbidos City Council; Daniel Villafruela; Regional Directorate of Culture of the North / Museum of Lamego / José Pessoa; Koninklijke Bibliotheek; Kunsthistorisches Museum; Lisbon Museum; N Restorations; Paulo Campos Pinto; Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa / Historical Archives; Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa / Museum of São Roque / Júlio Marques; Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa / Audiovisual and Multimedia Center / João Carlos Oliveira and Vítor Silva Scala Archives; State Library Victoria

Acknowledgements: Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino; Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.; Casanatense Library; Moura City Council; Óbidos City Council; Diocesan Commission of Sacred Art of the Diocese of Beja; Museum of Sacred Art of the Parish of Moura; N Restorations; State Library Victoria

Cover Image: Simão Rodrigues (c. 1560-1629) and collaborator, The Adoration of the Body of Saint Francis Xavier in Goa, oil on canvas, 1619. Lisbon, sacristy of the church of São Roque. Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa / Museum of São Roque, inv. Pin 111. SCML/NAM/ João Carlos Oliveira

Year of publication: December 2020
Edition: Editorial Center | Culture Directorate
ISBN: 978989021310