Miguel Pais Salomão

Dom Miguel Pais Salomão,[lower-alpha 1] O.S.C. (died 5 August 1180) was a medieval Portuguese prelate, Bishop of Coimbra from 1158 to 1176.

Miguel Pais Salomão, O.S.C.
Bishop of Coimbra
Tomb of Bishop Miguel Pais Salomão in the cloisters of the Monastery of the Holy Cross
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Coimbra
In office1158–1176
PredecessorJoão Anaia
SuccessorBermudo
Other postsDean of Coimbra Cathedral
Personal details
Born12th century AD
Died5 August 1180
Coimbra, Portugal

Throughout his episcopate, Miguel Pais Salomão significantly boosted the building works of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra, and granted important privileges to the community of Crosiers of the Monastery of the Holy Cross (to which he had previously belonged) — namely, that of exemption from the jurisdiction of the local ordinary, setting in motion a dispute between the monastery and some of the canons in his own cathedral chapter. He resigned from the bishopric in 1176, and retired to the Monastery of the Holy Cross where he died in 1180 and was buried according to his wishes.[1]

On 18 February 1163, Miguel Pais Salomão hosted in his diocese a provincial council, presided by João Peculiar, Archbishop of Braga, to canonise Theotonius of Coimbra.[2] Miguel Pais Salomão was also responsible for the canonisation of Goldrofe of Arganil in 1170, after he found himself cured of a grave malady after asking for his intercession.[3]

References
  1. Martins, Armando Alberto (1999). "Dois bispos portugueses da segunda metade do século XII" [Two Portuguese bishops of the second half of the 12th century] (PDF). In Barroca, Mário Jorge (ed.). Carlos Alberto Ferreira de Almeida: in memoriam (in Portuguese). Volume II. Porto: Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto. pp. 27–40. ISBN 972-9350-31-0.
  2. "Diocese - História: "1158-1176 - D. Miguel Paes Salomão"" (in Portuguese). Diocese of Coimbra. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  3. Santa Maria, Nicolau de (1668). "Do Veneravel Padre, & Santo Prior do Mosteiro de Folques D. Goldofre, & de alguns seus successores no Priorado (Livro VIII, Capítulo XVII)". Chronica da Ordem dos Conegos Regrantes do Patriarcha S. Agostinho [Chronicle of the Order of the Canons Regular of the Patriarch Saint Augustine] (in Portuguese). Volume II. Lisboa: Officina de Joam da Costa. pp. 159–161.

Notes
  1. Also rendered as Miguel Paes Salomão, or simply Miguel Salomão.
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