Monastery of Dumio | |
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Native name Mosteiro de Dumio (Spanish) | |
Archaeological Ruins of São Martinho of Dume | |
Location | Braga, Cávado, Portugal |
Coordinates | 41°34′1.68″N 8°26′8.03″W / 41.5671333°N 8.4355639°W |
Built | 1st century |
The Monastery of Dumio (sometimes Dumium or Dumio, in Portuguese São Martinho de Dume), is a former paleo-Christian monastery in the civil parish of Dume, municipality of Braga, in northwestern Portugal. Originally a Roman villa, it was the base of a basilica by Suebi tribes, and later Christian monastery headed by Martin of Braga in the 6th century (c. 550–560). The re-discovery of the Roman ruins in the late 20th century resulted in archaeological excavations that unearthed its former use.