Holy See–Portugal relations

Relations between the Holy See and Portugal date back to 1179.

History

Relations between the Holy See and Portugal date back to 1179. On 23 May, Pope Alexander III issued the papal bull Manifestis Probatum, which officially recognized the independence of Portugal from the Kingdom of León.

Concordat of the Forty Articles

Age of discovery During the age of discovery, the Holy See became increasingly involved in matters involving the Catholic monarchies of Europe, including Portugal, as they maneuvered to establish transatlantic and transpacific trade routes.

Beginning in the 1450s, Catholic missions were administered through patronage rights. Pope Nicholas V gave the kings of Portugal the right of patronage (jus patronatus) over land which had already been acquired and to any that might be so in the future.

Portugal and Castilian Spain scrambled for new territory. The Holy See sanctioned the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas between them, granting most of Asia to Portugal's patronage (padroado).

Concordat of 1940

Concordat of 2004

Holy See–Portugal relations

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