Igreja de São Gonçalo

The Church of Saint Gonçalo (Igreja de São Gonçalo) is an early 20th-century Roman Catholic church in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil. The church is dedicated to Saint Gundisalvus of Amarante and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuiabá. Saint Gonçalo (Gundisalvus of Amarante, 1187–1259) a Portuguese Catholic priest beautified under Pope Pius IV in 1561. Saint Gonçalo found particular devoation in Brazil, with both churches and place names dedicated to the saint. The church was built in two phases: one in 1781 in a simple Portuguese colonial style; little documentation of the structure exists, although it was built at the same time as the Church of Our Lady of Santana do Sacramento in nearby Chapada dos Guimarães. The first church structure was demolished in the late 19th century and replaced by the Salesians with a Tuscan neoclassical structure with a tall spire. Church festivals dedicated to Saint Gonçalo, Mary, Our Lady Help of Christians, Saint Benedict, and the Sacred Heart of Jesus are held annually. The church was listed as a state-level listed historic structure by Mato Grosso in 1984.

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