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SANTA MARIA (Nicolau de). CHRONICA da Ordem dos Cónegos Regrantes do Patriarcha S. Agostinho. Em Lisboa. 1668. - SANTA MARIA (Nicolau de) CHRONICA da Ordem dos Cónegos Regrantes do Patriarcha S. Agostinho . Em Lisboa: Na Officina de Ioam da Costa, 1668. 2 v.: 1.º: †4, ++4, A-Z, Aa-Vv4, Xx6: [16], 356 pp., 1 grav.; 2.ª: *-**4, A-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Eee4, Fff6, Ggg-Zzz4, Aaaa-Dddd4; [16], 582, [2] pp.: il.; 290 mm. The Canons Regular of Saint Augustine established themselves in Portugal in the 12th century, combining communal life, regular observance, and pastoral ministry. The monastery of Santa Cruz de Coimbra (1131/32), with St. Teotónio as its first prior, became the Order's principal intellectual and spiritual focus, with a school and scriptorium that supplied personnel to the royal chancellery and the literate culture of the new kingdom. In Lisbon, São Vicente de Fora, founded after the conquest of 1147, assumed a central position and, from the 16th century onward, integrated the reformist movements linked to the Lateran observance, reinforcing discipline, studies, and parish action. Between the Middle Ages and the Ancien Régime, the canons regulated a network of houses with a markedly urban and teaching profile, with influence in liturgy, preaching and ecclesiastical government, until the general extinction of the orders in 1834. The Chronica de Nicolau de Santa Maria (Lisbon, 1668) is the great printed repository of this memory: it brings together origins, privileges and biographies, offering an overall picture of the presence of the Regulars in Portuguese religious life. A rare and esteemed work, illustrated with an engraving by João Batista in 1669. ! Please note that this translated text was generated by Google. !