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COUTINHO (B. Xavier). A IGREJA e a Irmandade dos Clérigos. Porto. 1965. - COUTINHO (B. Xavier) A IGREJA e a Irmandade dos Clérigos . Apontamentos para a sua História. Porto: Câmara Municipal do Porto - Gabinete de História da Cidade, 1965. [16] 676 pp.; 240 mm. A fundamental study on the history of the Brotherhood of Clerics of Porto and its temple, a masterpiece by the Italian architect Nicolau Nasoni and one of the city's most emblematic monuments, classified as a National Monument since 1910. The Brotherhood, resulting from the union in 1707 of three Porto confraternities of secular clergy – the Confraternity of Our Lady of Mercy of Poor Clergy, the Congregation of Saint Philip Neri, and the Brotherhood of Saint Peter ”ad Vincula” – was intended to assist the city's clergy in times of illness, poverty, and death. From 1732 onwards, they erected the church and tower that would become the iconic landmark of Porto. Published under the patronage of the City History Office of the Porto Municipal Council, this volume of over six hundred pages, authored by one of Porto's most dedicated historians to the documentary study of the city, brings together an extensive and meticulous survey of the foundation, artistic heritage, and institutional life of the Brotherhood, constituting an indispensable reference work for the study of this monument and the religious and social history of modern Porto. Esteemed. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate