Igrejas e Conventos da Bahia - Monumenta
Igrejas e Conventos da Bahia - Monumenta
Igrejas e Conventos da Bahia - Monumenta
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Catedral Basílica<br />
12<br />
Basilica Cathedral<br />
Para o local começaram a atrair<br />
os indígenas, aos quais<br />
pretendiam ensinar um ofício, a<br />
ler, escrever e contar. Esse<br />
encargo civilizatório foi <strong>da</strong>do ao<br />
irmão Vicente Rodrigues, que,<br />
com seus companheiros,<br />
incumbiu-se do ensino, pregação<br />
e catequese dos índios. Criou-se<br />
assim, em 1550, o Colégio dos<br />
Meninos, que chegou a Colégio<br />
Canônico em 1556.<br />
O padre Manuel <strong>da</strong><br />
Nóbrega observava a<br />
importância que esse terreiro,<br />
fora dos muros <strong>da</strong> ci<strong>da</strong>de,<br />
teria na formatação urbana de<br />
Salvador: “e portanto a todos<br />
nos parece melhor um teso<br />
que está logo além <strong>da</strong> cerca,<br />
para a parte d’onde se há de<br />
estender a ci<strong>da</strong>de, de maneira<br />
que antes de muitos anos<br />
podemos ficar no meio”. A<br />
antevisão do jesuíta<br />
concretizou-se rapi<strong>da</strong>mente.<br />
Por informação de Simão<br />
de Vasconcelos, o Colégio dos<br />
Jesuítas foi fun<strong>da</strong>do em 1564,<br />
tendo recebido a esmola de D.<br />
Sebastião, através <strong>da</strong> Provisão<br />
Régia de 7 de novembro<br />
<strong>da</strong>quele ano. A ren<strong>da</strong> assim<br />
obti<strong>da</strong> poderia sustentar cerca<br />
de 60 religiosos.<br />
craft, as well as to read, to<br />
write and to count. This<br />
civilizing effort was under<br />
the responsibility of Brother<br />
Vicente Rodrigues, who took<br />
it upon himself, along with his<br />
companions, to teach,<br />
catechize and preach to the<br />
Indians. Thus was created<br />
the College of Boys in 1550,<br />
named a Canonic College<br />
in 1556.<br />
Father Manuel <strong>da</strong> Nóbrega<br />
had already noted the<br />
importance that this terreiro,<br />
outside the town’s walls,<br />
would have in Salvador’s<br />
urban development: “and<br />
therefore it seems best to all of<br />
us to have a slope just outside<br />
the fences, on the side towards<br />
which the town is bound to<br />
grow, so that we shall be in<br />
the middle after not too many<br />
years”. This Jesuit’s foresight<br />
was quickly materialized.<br />
According to Simão de<br />
Vasconcelos, the Jesuit College<br />
was founded in 1564 with the<br />
alms received from D.<br />
Sebastião, through the Royal<br />
Provision of November 7 th that<br />
same year. The income from<br />
these alms was enough to<br />
support 60 religious men.