Igreja do Loreto
Igreja dos italianos em Lisboa,
dedicada a Nossa Senhora do Loreto na Itália,
onde se encontra a Casa da Sagrada Família de Nazaré.
Bula
da fundação da Igreja do Loreto
08 de Abril de 1518
Welcome!
The Church of Loreto is a special devotion of the Italian people,
to Our Lady Mother of Jesus in the Holy Family of Nazareth.
This is the Lauretan sense which presides over this Church where the Lord awaits you with love
to embrace you in the joy of a meeting of communion.
The artistic beauties of this building are a tangible, yet simple, sign of the infinite Beauty of God.
We hope that your visit and admiration will express itself in openness to prayer
and adoration of Christ, present in the Sacrament of the Eucharist.
And let the non-believer allow himself to be recollected for a moment
to "listen" to the silence and peace of this place,
in an encounter with the mystery guarded in his heart.
A brief historical description of the Church of Loreto in Lisbon
Papal Bull of the Foundation of the Church of Loreto.
08 Abril de 1518:
Institution of the first place of worship, near the Porta de S. Catarina, outside the Fernandina wall (1373) that surrounded Lisbon in an extension of 7,500 steps (see foot print).
Cerca de 1530:
It is a territorial parish
De 1551 a 1679:
1651:
Fire with serious destruction.
Completion of the splendid reconstruction, the work of Marco de Magalhães. There are imported from Genoa 12 statues of Apostles, dozens of paintings and precious marbles.
1676:
Earthquake and fire, which damaged it.
1755:
1785:
End of reconstruction. The twelve paints of the Apostles in the niches are by Cirillo Wolkmar Machado.
Above the West Portal is Written
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TERRAE QUOD TREMULAE AC VIS ABSTULIT IMPIA FLAMMAE ITALA TAM PULCHRE RESTITUIT PIETAS
ANNO DOMINI MDCCLXXXV
(What the earthquake and the violence of the flames destroyed,
Italian piety beautifully restored Anno Domini 1785)
This precious memorial stone expressly documents the generous tenacity of the ancient Italians.
1792:
The celebration of Sunday Mass at 1 p.m. begins and continues today.
Até 1850:
Merchants gave the Church 1/4 or half the profit from their exports and imports.
1860:
The Cemetery annexed to the Church was abolished.
1862:
Rector Peragallo, a native of Chiávari, introduced the chairs for the faithful, an absolute novelty in Portugal.
Our Lady of Loreto Lisbon
Prayer to Our Lady of Loreto
Flame, O Virgin Mary,
the lamp of faith in every house of the world.
Give every mother and father
Your purest heart,
so that they fill the houses
of the Light and Love of God.
Help us, o Mother of the Yes,
to pass on the Good News
to new generations
that God saves us in Jesus,
giving us His Spirit of Love.
May the song of the Magnificat
never be extinguished on earth,
but continue from generation to generation
through the little and the humble, the meek,
the merciful and the pure of heart,
who full of trust
await the Glorious Coming of Jesus,
blessed fruit of thy womb.
Ô Merciful One,
Ô Sweet Always Virgin Mary!
Amen.
Angelo Comastri Archbishop of Loreto
