Between a monastery and a university
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Frei Diogo de Murça links Refojos to the academic life of Coimbra.
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Abbot of Refojos and rector of the University of Coimbra, Frei Diogo de Murça wanted to apply the rents of the Monastery to the foundation of two colleges in Coimbra: São Bento and São Jerónimo. The plan meant to extinguish the monastery. The municipal documentation reports the opposition of the religious and the subsequent reconsideration of the Abbot himself. This link shows how decisions on Refojos participated in a broader history of teaching and religious institutions.
The municipal review is in 1555 the acceptance of the new request by Paul IV: keep the Monastery with twelve religious and a prior, rather than follow the first plan of extinction. The same source records the death of Frei Diogo in Refojos, in 1570, and his grave in the Monastery.
A Reconsidered Plan
It opens every moment and discovers what the date represents.
Before 1555 · The foreground
Applying the rents to colleges in Coimbra meant extinguishing the Monastery.
1555 · Maintain and reform
Paul IV accepts the new request for community conservation.
1570 · A life ending in Refojos
The review places in the Monastery the death and grave of Frei Diogo.
Source and context
Municipality — History of the Monastery: Frei Diogo de Murça and the colleges of Coimbra
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