San Geronimo monastery and church, Belem |
San Geronimo cloisters |
Incredible stone work throughout |
For example... |
Tile in the refectory (the parable of the big britches) |
St. J himself, with pet cat |
Refectory |
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Arcade in the cloisters |
All through Portugal the churches were featuring folk art nativity scenes--this, at St. Geronimo--was my favorite |
OK, if you are a US male of my vintage, you know that "Geronimo!" is what US Army parachuteers exclaimed as they jumped out from the plane in WWII. According to Hollywood. Possibly not this Geronimo. Little did I know, as a nine-year-old, that St. Jerome would come to have a very different meaning--the scholar, the contemplative saint--later in my life. Belem's St. Geronimo monastery and church are two of the major sites of Lisbon. Except for the windows, neither was seriously damaged in the 1755 earthquake.
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