Dina Aguiar, one of the artists in the collective exhibition “Ecce Agnus Dei”

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O Museu Pio XII, no âmbito da missão desenvolvida pelo Instituto de História e Arte Cristãs (IHAC), reúne um conjunto de publicações que visa promover a inventariação, estudo e divulgação do espólio do Museu e da Arquidiocese de Braga.

Esta Fundação cultural da Arquidiocese de Braga, apoiada na extensão bracarense da Faculdade de Teologia da Universidade Católica Portuguesa e no Seminário Conciliar de S. Pedro e S. Paulo da Arquidiocese de Braga procura promover a inventariação, recolha, organização, conservação, restauro, estudo e investigação do Arquivo Arquidiocesano de Braga e dos valores artísticos e arqueológicos que são património da Igreja Arquidiocesana de Braga.

Ao mesmo tempo, colabora na conservação, enriquecimento e beneficiação dos Museus Pio XII e Medina.

Desde 2017 o Museu Pio XII tem promovido ainda uma coleção de publicações dedicadas a artistas contemporâneos.

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The Pius XII Museum, in the context of the mission developed by the Institute of Christian History and Art (IHAC), brings together a set of publications that aim to promote cataloguing, studying and disseminating the Museum's legacy. This Cultural Foundation of the Archdiocese of Braga, supported in the extension of the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Portugal and the Conciliar Seminary of São Pedro and São Paulo of the Archdiocese of Braga, aims to promote cataloguing, collecting, organising, conserving, restoring, studying and researching the Archdiocesan archive of Braga and the artistic and archaeological values that are a heritage of the Archdiocesan Church of Braga.

At the same time, it collaborates towards conserving, enriching and improving the Pius XII and Medina Museums.

Since 2017, the Pius XII Museum has also promoted a collection of publications dedicated to contemporary artists.

Dina Aguiar, one of the artists in the collective exhibition “Ecce Agnus Dei”

Journalist Dina Aguiar, one of the best-known faces of Portuguese news television, particularly famous for the years she spent on “Portugal Live”, is one of the artists in the collective exhibition that will be open until 28 April at the Pius XII Museum, Braga.

With the name tied to the theme “Ecce Agnus Dei”, this is the first exhibition in Braga’s Easter cultural programme that opened today.

The artist with the most works on display for the public is Levi Guerra, the Portuguese doctor who donated a fine collection of religious paintings to the Archdiocese of Braga. The remaining works exhibited are by Fernando Russo, Santiago Belacqua, Martine Prazeres, José de Faria, Fernando Rosário, Ricardo de Campos, Dina Aguiar, Rodrigo de Sousa, Filomena Fonseca, David Lopes, Francisco Fernandes, Giuliano Ottaviani and Levi Guerra.