Mosteiro de Nossa Senhora da Saudação de Montemor-o-Novo

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Country: PT
Name of institution (English): Évora Public Library
Name of institution (official language of the state): Biblioteca Pública de Évora
Language of name of institution: por
Contact information: postal address: Largo Conde de Vila Flor, 7000-804 Évora
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Reference number: Convento da Saudação de Montemor-o-Novo
Type of reference number: Archival reference number
Title (English): Monastery of Nossa Senhora da Saudação of Montemor-o-Novo
Title (official language of the state): Mosteiro de Nossa Senhora da Saudação de Montemor-o-Novo
Language of title: por
Creator / accumulator: Mosteiro de Nossa Senhora da Saudação
Date(s): 1393/1901
Language(s): por
Extent: 33 storage units
Type of material: Textual Material
Physical condition: Good
Scope and content: The Mosteiro de Nossa Senhora da Saudação fonds comprises documentation produced or related to the convent over its history. The "Documentos Vários" (Assorted Documents) series comprises documents of several typologies, including property records regarding the convent's estates. One of these documents (liv. 26, peça 140) mentions a Jewish couple, Samuel Zaguazay and his wife Cete, who sold a vineyard with olive trees on the outskirts of Montemor-o-Novo to a noblewoman named D. Mécia de Moura. Another Jew, Samuel Leiria, witnessed the deed on January 31, 1492.
Archival history: The Mosteiro de Nossa Senhora da Saudação fonds was incorporated into the Biblioteca Pública de Évora collection on an unknown date, after its extinction in 1876.
Administrative / Biographical history: The Monastery of Nossa Senhora da Saudação of Montemor-o-Novo was founded around 1502, by initiative of D. Mécia de Moura, widow of the nobleman D. Nuno de Castro. In that year, King Manuel I granted the monastery a licence.
According to its founder's will, the monastery hosted a group of devoted women headed by Joana Dias Quadrada, secluded since 1500. In 1506, D. Mécia de Moura bequeathed them all her assets.
The community joined the Dominican Order in 1513. Three nuns from the Monastery of Santa Ana in Leiria were responsible for reforming the monastery's customs following the Dominican observance.
Soon, the monastery attracted women of the local high nobility and reached enough financial resources to acquire properties. During the 16th century, the monastery expanded its facilities. It lasted until the 19th century. After the Liberal reforms in 1834, the admission of new novices was prohibited. Therefore, it closed down after the death of its last prioress in 1876.; (source: Maria Filomena Andrade, João Luís Fontes, José Mattoso, and Joaquim Bastos Serra. 2017. Inventário dos Fundos Monástico-Conventuais da Biblioteca Pública de Évora, Évora: CIDEHUS-UÉ).
Access points: locations: Montemor-o-Novo (Portugal)
Access points: subject terms: Portuguese Medieval Jewry; Land; 15th century
Access points: document types: Property records; Religious orders records
System of arrangement: The fonds is organised into 9 series. The document mentioned in "Scope and content" is part of the "Documentos Vários" (Assorted documentation) series.
Finding aids: Fontes, João Luís, Joaquim Bastos Serra, and Maria Filomena Andrade. 2017. Inventário dos Fundos Monástico-Conventuais da Biblioteca Pública de Évora. Évora: CIDEHUS-UÉ. http://books.openedition.org/cidehus/3066.
Links to finding aids: https://books.openedition.org/cidehus/3078
Author of the description: Carla Vieira, 2021
Bibliography: Fonseca, Jorge. 1998. Montemor-o-Novo No Século XV. Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal: Câmara Municipal de Montemor-o-Novo.

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