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The '''Rite of Braga''' (or '''Bragan Rite'''; {{lang-pt|rito bracarense}})<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-06 |title=Morreu o padre americano que celebrava o rito bracarense |url=https://rr.sapo.pt/noticia/religiao/2021/12/06/morreu-o-padre-americano-que-celebrava-o-rito-bracarense/263408/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=Rádio Renascença |language=pt-pt}}</ref> is a Catholic [[Latin liturgical rites|liturgical rite]] associated with the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga|Archdiocese of Braga]] in [[Portugal]].

The historical Rite of Braga belonged to the [[Roman Rite|Roman]] family of liturgical rites with some [[Roman Rite|Gallican]] influence.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bragan Rite {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/bragan-rite |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref> It took shape within the Archdiocese of Braga between the 11th and 13th centuries.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QCO3Oc9C87wC&q=Rite++Braga&pg=PA128|title=The Organic Development of the Liturgy|last=Reid|first=Alcuin|publisher=Ignatius Press|year=2005|isbn=1-58617-106-2|edition=2nd|location=San Francisco|pages=128}}</ref> The Missal of Mateus, which dates to the second quarter of the twelfth century, is the oldest known source for this Rite.<ref>Missal De Mateus, (Lisbon: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkain, 1975), x and xvi.</ref> It was more than 200 years old at the time of [[Pope Pius V]]'s [[papal bull]]s ''Quod a nobis'' of 9 July 1568 and ''[[Quo primum]]'' of 14 July 1570. Theimposed riteas wasa unaffectedgeneral by the imposition ofrule the [[Roman Rite]] throughout the [[Latin Church]]., Thisbut wasexempted dueother toLatin therites exception made for regions where another ritewhich had been in use for at least two centuries. Since the rite or "use" of Braga was more than 200 years old at the time of these bulls, it was not affected by them. However, subsequently the Roman Rite was increasingly adopted within the archdiocese and non-traditional elements were admitted into celebrations of the archdiocese's rite.<ref name=":0" />

In the 20th century an attempt was made by Archbishop [[Manuel Vieira de Matos]], with the approval of [[Pope Pius XI]], to expunge the accretions, to revise the texts and to make the rite obligatory within the archdiocese.<ref>Reid (2005), p. 129</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dWpO1--eMrYC&q=Rite++Braga&pg=PA160|title=Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Catholic History|last=Bunson|first=Matthew|publisher=Our Sunday Visitor Publishing|year=2004|isbn=9781592760268|edition=Revised|location=Huntington, Indiana|pages=160}}</ref> A missal was published in 1924.<ref>{{cite web |title=Missale |url=https://almabracarense.wordpress.com/missale/ |website=Alma Bracarense |language=en |date=11 February 2014}}</ref> However, the Rite of Braga has rarely been used since the [[Second Vatican Council]].