Igrejas e Conventos da Bahia - Monumenta
Igrejas e Conventos da Bahia - Monumenta
Igrejas e Conventos da Bahia - Monumenta
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Igreja e Convento de Santa Teresa<br />
Church and Convent of Santa Teresa<br />
governo provisório <strong>da</strong> <strong>Bahia</strong>,<br />
falecido em 1771. Ninguém<br />
menos que o professor de<br />
grego e cronista Luís dos<br />
Santos Vilhena, morto em<br />
1814, ocupa o chão <strong>da</strong> igreja,<br />
juntamente com sua mulher.<br />
Muitos foram os personagens –<br />
de maior ou menor<br />
importância – sepultados<br />
nesse espaço sob a abóba<strong>da</strong><br />
<strong>da</strong> cúpula, mesmo depois <strong>da</strong><br />
interdição de enterro nas<br />
igrejas, no século XIX. Em<br />
homenagem ao criador do<br />
Museu de Arte Sacra e<br />
responsável por sua<br />
restauração, ali reservou-se um<br />
lugar de repouso eterno para o<br />
reitor Edgard do Rego dos<br />
Santos, falecido em 1962. Só<br />
em 1969 seus restos mortais<br />
foram trasla<strong>da</strong>dos para o<br />
centro do cruzeiro <strong>da</strong> igreja,<br />
no início <strong>da</strong> nave.<br />
As portas laterais <strong>da</strong> igreja<br />
dão acesso à sacristia através<br />
de duas saletas, uma delas em<br />
azulejos coloridos com<br />
molduras <strong>da</strong> arca<strong>da</strong> e lavabo<br />
em pedra de lioz, com três<br />
esguichos. Data do século<br />
XVII. Os azulejos que<br />
recobrem o lavabo, bem como<br />
os <strong>da</strong>s paredes laterais, têm<br />
niti<strong>da</strong>mente influência árabe,<br />
archbishop and a member of<br />
<strong>Bahia</strong>’s provisional government,<br />
and passed away in 1771.<br />
None other than Greek<br />
professor and chronicle writer<br />
Luís dos Santos Vilhena, dead in<br />
1814, occupies the church’s<br />
floor, along with his wife. A<br />
great number of minor or major<br />
characters were buried in this<br />
space underneath the dome’s<br />
vault, even after burials in<br />
churches were forbidden, in the<br />
19 th century. As a tribute to the<br />
creator of the Museum of<br />
Sacred Art and the one<br />
responsible for its restoration,<br />
an eternal resting place has<br />
been secured for Dean Edgard<br />
do Rego dos Santos, who<br />
passed away in 1962. Only in<br />
1969 would his mortal remains<br />
be transported into the center<br />
of the church’s crossing, in the<br />
beginning of the nave.<br />
The church’s lateral doors<br />
give access to the sacristy<br />
through two small rooms, one<br />
of them covered with colorful<br />
tiles with archway frames and<br />
a lavabo in lioz limestone, with<br />
three spouts. It <strong>da</strong>tes from the<br />
17 th century. The tiles covering<br />
the lavabo, as well as those on<br />
the lateral walls, present a<br />
clearly Arab influence, with