Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbra which provides support to university students, who study in the University of Coimbra. The directorate of the association is composed almost entirely of tenured professors and Doctors at the University. Notable members have included include António de Oliveira Salazar, Prime Minister (1932–1968) and dictator of Portugal. Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbra The Diocese of Coimbra () is a Roman Catholic diocese in Coimbra, Portugal. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Braga. The first known bishop was Lucentius, who participated in the first council of Braga (563), the metropolitan See of Coimbra, until the latter was attached to the
Denis of Portugal Denis of Portugal Denis (, ; 9 October 1261 – 7 January 1325 in Santarém), called the Farmer King ("Rei Lavrador") and the Poet King ("Rei Poeta"), was King of Portugal and the Algarve. The eldest son of Afonso III of Portugal by his second wife, Beatrice of Castile, and grandson of king Alfonso X of Castile (known as the Wise), Denis succeeded his father in 1279. His marriage to Elizabeth of Aragon, who was later canonised as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, was arranged in 1281 when she was 10 years old. Denis ruled the Kingdom of