St. Joseph's Seminary and Church
| St. Joseph's Seminary and Church | |
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| The Church in 2023
The Church in 2023
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| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 聖若瑟修院及聖堂 |
| Simplified Chinese | 圣若瑟修院及圣堂 |
| Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shèng Ruòsè Xiūyuàn jí Shèngtáng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping sing3 joek6 sat1 sau1 jyun2 kap6 sing3 tong4 | |
| Portuguese name | |
| Portuguese | Igreja e Seminário de São José |
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The St. Joseph's Seminary and Church (Chinese: 聖若瑟修院及聖堂; Portuguese: Igreja e Seminário de São José) is a seminary and church located in São Lourenço, Macau, China.[1]
History
The seminary was established in 1728.[2]: 92 Until 1758, it was sited at a hilltop area south of St. Paul's College, not at its current location.[2]: 92
Beginning in 1759, Portugal began suppressing the Jesuits under the direction of the kingdom's chief minister, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, and in 1762 the Jesuits were expelled from Macau.[2]: 88 the seminary closed as after the Jesuit's expulsion.[2]: 92 The seminary re-opened in 1784 and was managed by the Lazarists (Congregation of the Mission).[2]: 92
In 2005, the church became one of the designated sites of the Historic Centre of Macau enlisted on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
A piece of Francis Xavier’s right humerus can be viewed at the church of the seminary. As part of the posthumous practice of removing pieces of his body as relics, this portion of the right humerus was taken to Macau sometime before 1619.[2]: 57–58
See also
References
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- Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 Back to citation occurrence 2.2 Back to citation occurrence 2.3 Back to citation occurrence 2.4 Back to citation occurrence 2.5 Chen, Jen-yen (2026). Macau and Catholic Sacred Music across the Sino-Western Divide. Musics in Motion. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-90578-2.