Convento do Beato

Convent of Beato António (Convent de Beato António)
Convent of Blessed António, Convent of St. John the Evangelist
Convent (Convento)
Official name: Convento de São João Evangelista/Convento do Beato António/Fábrica da Antiga Companhia Industrial de Portugal e Colónias
Named for: António da Conceição
Country	Portugal
Region	Lisbon
Subregion	Greater Lisbon
District	Lisbon
Municipality	Lisbon
Location	Beato
- coordinates	38°44′6″N 9°6′21.2″W / 38.73500°N 9.105889°W / 38.73500; -9.105889Coordinates: 38°44′6″N 9°6′21.2″W / 38.73500°N 9.105889°W / 38.73500; -9.105889
Architects	Porfírio Pardal Monteiro
Materials	Mixed masonry, Limestone, Marble, Azulejo, Terrazzo, Tile, Wood, Wrought and cast iron
Owner	Portuguese Republic
For public	Public
Easiest access	Alameda do Beato, Rua do Beato
Management	Instituto Gestão do Patrimonio Arquitectónico e Arqueológico
Status	Property of Public Interest Imóvel de Interesse Público
Listing	Decree 29/84, Diário da República, Série-I, 145 (25 June 1984); partially included in the Protection Zone for the ´´Fábrica A Nacional (IPA.00027678)
Location of the synagogue within the municipality of Lisbon

The Convent of Beato António (Portuguese: Convento do Beato António) is a former Portuguese convent, located in the civil parish of Beato, in the municipality of Lisbon.

A hermitage was constructed on the site in the 15th century, dedicated to São Bento, by order of D. Estêvão de Aguiar, then abbey of Alcobaça.

It was offered to Queen Elizabeth as a wedding gift, destined to the founding of the Congregação de Cónegos de São Salvador (Congregation of the Deacons of São Salvador) of Vilar de Frades. Following the death of the Queen in 1461, King D. Afonso V executed the construction of the convent (honouring her last testament), installing in the place a community of clergy dedicated to Cónegos Regrantes de São João Evangelista (Secular Canons of St. John the Evangelist) from Loio. The Queen had wanted to erect a hospice to shelter the Bons Homens de Vilar, of the Congregation of Lóios from the locale of Xabregas, where there existed a small hermitage dedicated to São Bento, erected by the friars of Alcobaça during the reign of King John I. On 9 March, a papal bull from Pope Pious II authorized the creation of the convent, which was eventually supported financially by Queen Leonor. The convent was recognized, until the end of the 16th century, as the Convent of São Bento de Enxobregas.

Between 1570 and 1602 (the Philippine dynasty), it was inhabited by Father António da Conceição, who was responsible for collecting the necessary financial stipends for the construction of the new church and improve the building. Following legend, the friar was able to construct a sumptuous convent with few monetary resources, which expanded his fame. Later beatified in the 18th century, he was linked to the local toponymy (the site of Beato António or Convent of Beato), giving rise to the name Convento do Beato António (Convent of Blessed António).

In 1633, construction of convent's new chapel was completed.

At the beginning og the 16th century, D. Joana de Noronha, daughter of the second Counts of Linhares ordered the construction of a presbytery for the convent, that was destined as space to house the pantheon of the Linhares countship. This project was terminated in 1622. Through the donations of D. Joana de Noronha she was able to transfer the ossuary of her brother, who had perished in Ceuta on 29 April 1553.