Sé: Igreja de Santo António

The church of Saint Anthony is found right across the cathedral, on the site where Saint Anthony was born in 1195. A statue of him holding baby Jesus stands by the entrance. Unlike the cathedral, this church, which was originally built in the 1400s, was greatly damaged by the earthquake in 1755 and rebuilt in 1757. It mixes the baroque and the neoclassical, and holds the remains of Saint Justina, which were transferred from Rome in 1777 by Pope Pius VI. The crypt which is the actual birthplace of Saint Anthony, there is a contemporary tile panel illustrating the visit that Pope John Paul II made to this church in 1982. Next door is one of the branches of the Lisbon Museum, completely devoted to the life and worship of Saint Anthony, with paintings, sculptures, and manuscripts.

Hop off at Se or at the Lisbon cathedral,  to visit this church where st Anthony was born.