Catalog of the temporary exhibition A temple for Xavier

In 2008, the Museum of São Roque received a proposal for the donation of the reliquary of Saint Francis Xavier belonging to the House of Nova Goa. The piece, seen only once in 1961, during the imminent fall of the Portuguese State of India, had remained in the Castro family (counts of Nova Goa) since its conception in the 1680s by Goan goldsmiths. The piece was of undeniable value, and its connection to the founding saint of the Jesuits positioned the Church and the Museum of São Roque as the best place to house it. In December 2009, the reliquary was presented for the first time for the veneration of the faithful, and since then it has been one of the highlights of the oriental art collection of this museum. The anniversary of the 10.^th year of the donation to the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa will be in 2019 and also coincides with the 4.^th centenary of the conception by André Reinoso of the pictorial cycle dedicated to the life of the saint, thus motivating an exhibition that interlinks these two magnificent artistic expressions dedicated to Saint Francis Xavier, Apostle of the East.

General Coordination: Helena do Canto Lucas and Maria Margarida Montenegro
Scientific Coordination: Teresa Freitas Morna
Executive Coordination: Maria Eduarda Napoleão

Commissioning: João Miguel Simões
Technical Advisory: Filomena Brito, Gonçalo de Carvalho Amaro, Maria do Carmo Lino, Sílvia Linhares de Freitas Pereira

Architecture Project: Carlos Pietra Torres and Teresa Vaz Antunes
Graphic Design: Silvadesigners

Photography, Video, and Multimedia: General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, National Library of Portugal, Portuguese Cinematheque – Museum of Cinema David Machado Goan Overseas Association of Victoria – Australia JoeGoaUk– Pangim, India Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York – United States of America, Museum of São Roque – Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa Audiovisual and Multimedia Unit of SCML – Communication and Marketing Directorate – Santa Casa da Misericórdia, Paulo Cintra & Laura Castro Caldas, Paulo Tavares Patriarchate of Lisbon, Quebec Goan Association – Canada, Radio and Television of Portugal, Royal Collection – United Kingdom Rui M. Henriques.

Thanks: Albert Peres – Toronto, Canada, National Library of Portugal, Blanche da Costa – Quebec Canada, House of Goa, Coro Surya, Filipe Monteiro, Frankey Gerard Fernandes – Melbourne, Victoria Australia, Ricardo do Espírito Santo Silva Foundation, Ekvat Group – Traditional Music and Dance Group of Goa, JoeGoaUk – Pangim, India, Natália Correia Guedes, Novitiate of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, Portuguese Province of the Society of Jesus – Coimbra Music Museum National Museum of Ancient Art National Museum of Ethnology, National Museum of Machado de Castro, Coimbra National Museum of Tile, National Palace of Ajuda, Patriarchate of Lisbon Sofia Salgado – Macau, China.

Year of Publication: December, 2018
Editor: Directorate of Culture | Editorial Center of SCML
ISBN@: 9789899151147