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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

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