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'''Santa Casa de Misericórdia''' (''Holy House of Mercy'') is a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[Charitable organization|charity]] founded in [[Lisbon]] in 1498 by Queen [[Leonor of Viseu|Leonor of Portugal]].<ref>[http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-349-00172-9_1 ''The Santa Casa da Misericórdia in Portugal'']. springer.com. Accessed 9 August 2016</ref> |
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It declares itself to be a Catholic lay brotherhood and to work through 14 Works of Mercy, seven of a spiritual nature: to teach the humble, to give good advice, to punish those who do wrong, to console the sad, to pardon offenses, to suffer patiently, to pray for the living and for the deceased; and seven of a corporeal nature: to visit the ill and imprisoned, to free captives, to clothe the naked, to feed the hungry and thirsty, to shelter travelers and to bury the dead.<ref>[https://books.google.de/books?id=2bDaBpOgi_UC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=Santa+Casa+da+Misericórdia+a+tradition+in+portugal&source=bl&ots=awXQcqTfkV&sig=FPmhY4HacIXHJj0kTKIadOsKR2A&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiM06Og87POAhWGnBoKHVQ7ADwQ6AEITTAF#v=onepage&q=Santa%20Casa%20da%20Miseric%C3%B3rdia%20a%20tradition%20in%20portugal&f=false ''Fidalgos and Philanthropists: The Santa Casa Da Misericórdia of Bahia 1550-1755'']. Google books. Acessed 9 August 2016</ref> It is currently the oldest working NGO in the world, if not the first. It isn't supervised by the Church or the State. |
It declares itself to be a Catholic lay brotherhood and to work through 14 Works of Mercy, seven of a spiritual nature: to teach the humble, to give good advice, to punish those who do wrong, to console the sad, to pardon offenses, to suffer patiently, to pray for the living and for the deceased; and seven of a corporeal nature: to visit the ill and imprisoned, to free captives, to clothe the naked, to feed the hungry and thirsty, to shelter travelers and to bury the dead.<ref>[https://books.google.de/books?id=2bDaBpOgi_UC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=Santa+Casa+da+Misericórdia+a+tradition+in+portugal&source=bl&ots=awXQcqTfkV&sig=FPmhY4HacIXHJj0kTKIadOsKR2A&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiM06Og87POAhWGnBoKHVQ7ADwQ6AEITTAF#v=onepage&q=Santa%20Casa%20da%20Miseric%C3%B3rdia%20a%20tradition%20in%20portugal&f=false ''Fidalgos and Philanthropists: The Santa Casa Da Misericórdia of Bahia 1550-1755'']. Google books. Acessed 9 August 2016</ref> It is currently the oldest working NGO in the world, if not the first. It isn't supervised by the Church or the State. |
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Revision as of 10:38, 9 August 2016
Santa Casa de Misericórdia (Holy House of Mercy) is a Portuguese charity founded in Lisbon in 1498 by Queen Leonor of Portugal.[1]
It declares itself to be a Catholic lay brotherhood and to work through 14 Works of Mercy, seven of a spiritual nature: to teach the humble, to give good advice, to punish those who do wrong, to console the sad, to pardon offenses, to suffer patiently, to pray for the living and for the deceased; and seven of a corporeal nature: to visit the ill and imprisoned, to free captives, to clothe the naked, to feed the hungry and thirsty, to shelter travelers and to bury the dead.[2] It is currently the oldest working NGO in the world, if not the first. It isn't supervised by the Church or the State.
After the Lisbon Santa Casa da Misericóridia de Lisboa,[3] similar organizations were created in many other cities and towns of Portugal and of the former Portuguese Empire, like Brazil, Macau.[4]
See also
- Holy House of Mercy, Macau
References
- ^ The Santa Casa da Misericórdia in Portugal. springer.com. Accessed 9 August 2016
- ^ Fidalgos and Philanthropists: The Santa Casa Da Misericórdia of Bahia 1550-1755. Google books. Acessed 9 August 2016
- ^ Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Lisbon: Five hundred years of philanthropy. actamedica.org.br. Accessed 9 August 2016
- ^ Website Macau Holy House of Mercy. scmm.mo. Accessed 9 August 2016