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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.

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