Place · Augustinian convent · India
Convent of St Monica, Old Goa
Also known as Convento de Santa Monica
The largest convent in Asia at the time of its 1627 completion, built by the Augustinians on Holy Hill for 350 nuns including the Portuguese dignitaries' daughters sent to the East. The miraculous crucifix of the convent is said to have opened its eyes and bled in 1636 and again in 1931. Now the Mater Dei Institute, a theological college; UNESCO World Heritage.
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- Religious institution & practice
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- Location
- 15.500, 73.907
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- Site withinOld Goa
Convent of St Monica stands on Monte Santo, the Holy Hill ridge within the Old Goa site.
Sources
Standard reference (Archaeological Survey of India).
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