Salvatoris nostri Mater explained

Salvatoris nostri Mater was a papal bull issued by Pope Benedict XIV on 13 December 1740, ending the ecclesiastical division of the city of Lisbon by suppressing the vacant Metropolitan Archdiocese of Eastern Lisbon and incorporating the whole territory into the Patriarchate of Western Lisbon.^{[1] [2]} The civil division of the city was eventually abolished by King John V, on 31 August 1741.^[3]

This bull also granted the canons of the patriarchal chapter the honorific title of Principal.^[1]

External links

• Transcription of the bull; in Sousa, António Caetano de (1746). Prova da Historia Genealogica da Casa Real Portugueza, Tome V.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bula "Salvatoris nostri Mater" de Benedito XIV pela qual se confirmou e aprovou a união das igrejas de Lisboa em uma só . Portuguese . Bull "Salvatoris nostri Mater", of Benedict XIV, by which the union of the two churches of Lisbon into a single entity was confirmed and approved . . 31 July 2019 .
2. Web site: Notas históricas sobre o Tricentenário do Patriarcado de Lisboa . Portuguese . Historical notes on the Tricentennial of the Patriarchate of Lisbon . . 1 July 2016 . Patriarchate of Lisbon . 11 March 2018 .
3. Web site: Alvará de D. João V pelo qual extingue a divisão da cidade em Lisboa Ocidental e Lisboa Oriental – 31 de agosto de 1741 . Portuguese . Decree of King John V, by which is extinguished the division of the city into Western Lisbon and Eastern Lisbon - 31 August 1741 . Edite Alberto (transcription) . Lisbon Municipal Archive . 31 July 2019 .