Saint Vicent Church
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The Saint Vincent Church in Portuguese, Igreja de São Vicente is a Portuguese 16th-century baroque 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. Vicent in granite, set in a nich surmounted by the Papal Cross.
The church has a luxurious interior with wood carving work in the altars and azulejos in the walls.
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