Museu de Lisboa - Santo António

The Museu de Lisboa - Santo António stands in the historic centre, beside the church dedicated to the saint and close to the Cathedral. It is one of the five sites of the Museu de Lisboa and focuses on Saint Anthony, who was born in the city and lived here until the age of 20. The exhibition presents his relationship with Lisbon through iconography, devotion, popular traditions and the festivities that grew around him. Along the route, it becomes clear how the saint’s image was built over the centuries: the Franciscan preacher, the miracle-worker, the familiar presence in domestic devotions and in the celebrations of June. The museum includes a long-term exhibition area and a documentation centre. Small in scale, but dense in meaning, it brings together religious history, urban memory and popular culture around one of the most present figures in Lisbon’s imagination.