Councils of Braga

The city of Braga in 1594, as depicted by the Atlas Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg.

Several church councils were held in Braga in the Middle Ages. The Archdiocese of Braga was the metropolitan of an ecclesiastical province and it was the chief bishopric of the Kingdom of Galicia during the Suevic period and in the High Middle Ages, whilst a part of the Kingdom of Portugal.

In addition to these, there are 40 synods recorded in Braga in total: five in the 13th century, seventeen in the 14th century, seven in the 15th century, five in the 16th century, two in the 17th century, one in the 18th century, two in the 20th century[1] and the last in 2021-2023[2]

  1. ^ Soares, Franquelim Neiva (1997-01-01). "História breve dos sínodos e concílios da Arquidiocese de Braga". Theologica (in Portuguese). 32 (1): 119–138. doi:10.34632/theologica.1997.10777. ISSN 0872-234X.
  2. ^ «Síno.do em Braga». Sínodo 2021-2023. Consultado em 29 de outubro de 2023