Colegiada de Santa Maria da Oliveira de Guimarães
Item
Country
PT
Name of institution (English)
The National Archive of Torre do Tombo
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
por
Contact information: postal address
Alameda da Universidade, 1649-010 Lisbon
Contact information: phone number
00351 210 037 100
Contact information: web address
http://antt.dglab.gov.pt/contactos/
https://digitarq.arquivos.pt/
Contact information: email
mail@dglab.gov.pt
Reference number
PT/TT/CSMOG
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Collegiate of Santa Maria da Oliveira of Guimarães
Title (official language of the state)
Colegiada de Santa Maria da Oliveira de Guimarães
Language of title
por
Creator / accumulator
Colegiada de Santa Maria da Oliveira de Guimarães
Date(s)
950/1785
Language(s)
lat
por
Extent
13 books, 102 bundles, and 2 rolls
Type of material
Textual Material
Physical condition
Satisfactory
Scope and content
This fonds includes ecclesiastic, royal and private documents; letters of privilege and confirmation; sentences; emphyteusis contracts; letters of donation, sale and purchase; permits; wills and other produced by the Collegiate of Santa Maria da Oliveira. The documentation comprehends the territory of Guimarães and its surroundings, limited by the rivers Cávado, Ave and Tâmega, and the “coutos” (rural areas) of Moreira de Cónegos and São Paio de Vila Cova. Various religious institutions are mentioned in the records of this fonds, such as the monasteries of São Gens de Monte Longo, Santo Tirso de Riba de Ave, Costa, Burio, Vilarinho, Pombeiro, Vilar de Frades, São Torcato, São Domingos de Guimarães, the Convent of São Francisco de Guimarães, the churches of Santo André de Telões, São Salvador de Pinheiro, São Lourenço de Calvos, São Vicente de Sousa, São Salvador de Tagilde, Santo Estêvão de Algezes/Ulgeses, Santa Eulália de Nespereira, São Jacob de Guimarães, Santa Maria and São Paio de Guimarães.
Most of the documents with references to Jews (digital copies available online on Torre do Tombo database) are related to properties in the Judiaria (Jewish quarter) of Guimarães. Some examples are the following:
PT/TT/CSMOG/DP44/22: Deed regarding the ownership of some houses in Rua da Judiaria (Jewish quarter street), belonging to the Church of São Torcato. The houses were located close by the synagogue, and a Jewish man named Isac Francês had lived there. July 26, 1426.
PT/TT/CSMOG/DP44/04: "Aforamento" (emphyteusis contract) of some houses in the Judiaria, where a Jewish goldsmith named Isaque Marcos lived, to a Jewish couple, Mestre Marcos and Dona Ouro. February 14, 1452. Later, on January 6, 1457, after the death of Mestre Marcos, Dona Ouro appointed her son José as a third party in the contract (PT/TT/CSMOG/DP54/30).
PT/TT/CSMOG/DP68/07: "Aforamento" of some houses in Rua da Judiaria to Jacobo Boino, who is referred to as the "son-in-law of Mosse Benadeu". This record mentions other Jews living in the Judiaria of Guimarães. The houses had previously been leased to Cinfana, the widow of Abraham Levi, and, after her death, to the daughter of Josepe Rodriga, who ended up renouncing them in favour of Jacobo Boino. February 21, 1493.
Further records concerning properties located in the Judiaria of Guimarães can be found in PT/TT/CSMOG/DP42/35, PT/TT/CSMOG/DP44/27, PT/TT/CSMOG/DP58/40, PT/TT/CSMOG/DP68/36, and PT/TT/CSMOG/DE8/25.
This fonds also contains information related to Jewish residents in the outskirts of Guimarães, where the Collegiate of Santa Maria held properties. It is the case of a sentence dated from November 10, 1424, against a Jewish woman named Luna, regarding the rental of houses owned by the church of Tagilde (PT/TT/CSMOG/DP44/33).
Most of the documents with references to Jews (digital copies available online on Torre do Tombo database) are related to properties in the Judiaria (Jewish quarter) of Guimarães. Some examples are the following:
PT/TT/CSMOG/DP44/22: Deed regarding the ownership of some houses in Rua da Judiaria (Jewish quarter street), belonging to the Church of São Torcato. The houses were located close by the synagogue, and a Jewish man named Isac Francês had lived there. July 26, 1426.
PT/TT/CSMOG/DP44/04: "Aforamento" (emphyteusis contract) of some houses in the Judiaria, where a Jewish goldsmith named Isaque Marcos lived, to a Jewish couple, Mestre Marcos and Dona Ouro. February 14, 1452. Later, on January 6, 1457, after the death of Mestre Marcos, Dona Ouro appointed her son José as a third party in the contract (PT/TT/CSMOG/DP54/30).
PT/TT/CSMOG/DP68/07: "Aforamento" of some houses in Rua da Judiaria to Jacobo Boino, who is referred to as the "son-in-law of Mosse Benadeu". This record mentions other Jews living in the Judiaria of Guimarães. The houses had previously been leased to Cinfana, the widow of Abraham Levi, and, after her death, to the daughter of Josepe Rodriga, who ended up renouncing them in favour of Jacobo Boino. February 21, 1493.
Further records concerning properties located in the Judiaria of Guimarães can be found in PT/TT/CSMOG/DP42/35, PT/TT/CSMOG/DP44/27, PT/TT/CSMOG/DP58/40, PT/TT/CSMOG/DP68/36, and PT/TT/CSMOG/DE8/25.
This fonds also contains information related to Jewish residents in the outskirts of Guimarães, where the Collegiate of Santa Maria held properties. It is the case of a sentence dated from November 10, 1424, against a Jewish woman named Luna, regarding the rental of houses owned by the church of Tagilde (PT/TT/CSMOG/DP44/33).
Archival history
In 1857, the prior of the Collegiate of Santa Maria da Oliveira, D. José Francisco de Paula e Almeida, was notified of a royal decree ordering that the archives of every chapter, collegiate and convent in Portugal should be gathered in the National Archive of Torre do Tombo to be copied and later published. When the delegate of the Academia Real das Ciências (Royal Academy of Sciences) arrived in Guimarães with the mission of collecting the Collegiate's documents and carrying them to the Torre do Tombo in Lisbon, the chapter refused to deliver them. The predicament lasted until 1862 when a new decree was issued ordering the transference of the documentation before 1600 of all churches and religious corporations in Portugal to the National Archive. Therefore, most of the records of the Collegiate of Santa Maria da Oliveira of Guimarães were incorporated in the Torre do Tombo and became part of the collection named Colecção Especial (special collection). Between 1938 and 1990, the documents of this collection were gradually reorganised with the aim of recreating the original fonds.
However, the archive of the Collegiate of Santa Maria da Oliveira was not completely gathered in the National Archive by 1862. Some documents remained in the archive of the Collegiate. Some were parchments, each of them described by Abbot Oliveira Guimarães in a series of articles published in the journal O Arqueólogo Português from 1905 to 1908. When the Arquivo Municipal Alfredo Pimenta was created in 1931, these documents were incorporated in this archive and formed the Colegiada de Santa Maria da Oliveira de Guimarães fonds.
However, the archive of the Collegiate of Santa Maria da Oliveira was not completely gathered in the National Archive by 1862. Some documents remained in the archive of the Collegiate. Some were parchments, each of them described by Abbot Oliveira Guimarães in a series of articles published in the journal O Arqueólogo Português from 1905 to 1908. When the Arquivo Municipal Alfredo Pimenta was created in 1931, these documents were incorporated in this archive and formed the Colegiada de Santa Maria da Oliveira de Guimarães fonds.
Administrative / Biographical history
The origins of the Collegiate of Santa Maria da Oliveira de Guimarães precede the foundation of the Kingdom of Portugal. Around 950, Mumadona Dias, countess of the Condado Portucalense, established the monastery in which she would live until her death in 968. This monastery precedes the Collegiate established between 1107 and 1110 by secular clerics, and instituted in 1139 by D. Afonso Henriques, the first king of Portugal. The clerics followed the rule of Saint Gregory. King D. Dinis confirmed the Collegiate’s first byelaws on May 1, 1291. Although the Collegiate was under the jurisdiction of the archbishopric of Braga, the relationship between both entities was somewhat contentious due to authority disputes. King João I ended up granting the Collegiate exemption from the archbishopric of Braga, which Pope Boniface I confirmed in 1395.
After the Battle of Aljubarrota (1385), the devotion to Senhora da Oliveira (Our Lady of the Olive Tree) grew and promoted the reconstruction of the Collegiate church, which was consecrated on January 23, 1401. The church of Santa Maria da Oliveira became the centre of the liturgical life of Guimarães, despite the rivalry of other churches, convents and brotherhoods of the town. Indeed, the Collegiate had jurisdiction over several churches and monasteries in the region, which ensured its significant revenues.
On June 16, 1848, a decree-law abolished the collegiates in Portugal. Yet, after the intercession of the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, the Collegiate of Santa Maria da Oliveira of Guimarães, as well as a few other “colegiadas insignes” (distinguished collegiates), was preserved. In 1869, it survived again to a new decree of extinction that abolished other "colegiadas insignes". However, after the establishment of the Republic in 1910, the government extinguished the Collegiate of Guimarães, although it was restored some decades after, on February 13, 1967.
After the Battle of Aljubarrota (1385), the devotion to Senhora da Oliveira (Our Lady of the Olive Tree) grew and promoted the reconstruction of the Collegiate church, which was consecrated on January 23, 1401. The church of Santa Maria da Oliveira became the centre of the liturgical life of Guimarães, despite the rivalry of other churches, convents and brotherhoods of the town. Indeed, the Collegiate had jurisdiction over several churches and monasteries in the region, which ensured its significant revenues.
On June 16, 1848, a decree-law abolished the collegiates in Portugal. Yet, after the intercession of the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, the Collegiate of Santa Maria da Oliveira of Guimarães, as well as a few other “colegiadas insignes” (distinguished collegiates), was preserved. In 1869, it survived again to a new decree of extinction that abolished other "colegiadas insignes". However, after the establishment of the Republic in 1910, the government extinguished the Collegiate of Guimarães, although it was restored some decades after, on February 13, 1967.
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System of arrangement
Each installation unit has its specific numerical order. The fonds is composed of 8 bundles of ecclesiastical documents, 90 bundles of private documents and 4 bundles of royal documents. Most bundles have around 40 documents each. The fonds also comprises 14 loose documents, including important historical documents and the Collegiate's statutes.
Access, restrictions
Restrictions for records in poor condition or available in digital format.
Finding aids
Unpublished finding aids available in the archive:
"Inventário das Corporações Religiosas, desintegrado da antiga Colecção Especial em 24/07/1978" (Inventory of religious corporations extracted from the Colecção Especial on July 24, 1978). (L 208).
"Inventário dos documentos reais da Colegiada de Guimarães" (Inventory of royal documents from the Collegiate of Guimarães), 1049-1499. (C 321 A 1).
"Inventário dos documentos particulares da Colegiada de Guimarães" (Inventory of particular records from the Collegiate of Guimarães), 1201-1300. (C 321 A 4 and C 321 A 5).
"Relação dos livros que José Manuel da Costa Basto trouxe do cartório do Governo Civil do Porto (pertencentes ao mosteiro de Leça, ao Mosteiro de Paço de Sousa, ao Mosteiro de Grijó, ao Convento de São Francisco do Porto, ao Mosteiro de São Simão da Junqueira), do cartório do Governo Civil de Coimbra (pertencentes ao Mosteiro de Santa Cruz de Coimbra), do cartório do Governo Civil de Viana (pertencentes ao mosteiro de Santa Maria de Refóios de Lima), da Biblioteca Pública do Porto (pertencentes ao Mosteiro de Paço de Sousa, ao Mosteiro de Santa Cruz de Coimbra), dos arquivos das Sés de Coimbra, e Viseu, dos Mosteiros de Lorvão e de Arouca, do arquivo da Colegiada de Guimarães" (Catalogue of the books that José Manuel da Costa Basto brought from several registries, including the Collegiate of Guimarães). (C 284).
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