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The{{Short '''Rite of Braga''' (or Bragan Rite) is a [[Catholic Churchdescription|Catholic]] [[Latin liturgical rites|liturgical rite]] associatedused withby the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga|Archdiocese of Braga]] in [[Portugal]].}}

The historical Rite of Braga belongsbelonged 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&pg=PA128&lpg=PA128&dqq=Rite++Braga&source=bl&otspg=HYUC6OiYj8&sig=wH7rPLP1qdw79Yd7_WV9LcXcvJM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WokPUKv3DMPMhAeE2IHADQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Rite%20%20Braga&f=falsePA128|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 thesethe 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&pg=PA160&lpg=PA160&dqq=Rite++Braga&sourcepg=bl&ots=8S4RyqYV7R&sig=LAgxQIGkmn541KKdtNKBNbIeHOM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WokPUKv3DMPMhAeE2IHADQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Rite%20%20Braga&f=falsePA160|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> AfterA themissal [[Secondwas Vatican Council]] the priests of the archdiocese, while authorized to use the Rite of Braga, havepublished in general opted to use the Roman Rite1924.<ref>{{Citecite web |title=Missale |url=httphttps://wwwalmabracarense.newliturgicalmovementwordpress.orgcom/2010missale/10/radio-renascenca-fr-joseph-santos-and.html#.V0YIw5MrLNw |titlewebsite=RádioAlma Renascença:Bracarense Fr.|language=en Joseph|date=11 SantosFebruary and2014}}</ref> However, the Rite of Braga|last=Tribe|first=Shawn|date=5 Octoberhas 2010|website=Newrarely Liturgicalbeen Movement|publisher=|access-date=25used Maysince the 2016}}</ref>[[Second Vatican Council]].

In a talk on 24 October 1998, [[Pope Benedict XVI|Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger]] (later Pope Benedict XVI) cited the Rite of Braga as one of the liturgical rites whose variety within the Latin Church demonstrated that unity does not require liturgical uniformity.<ref>[http://www.catholiclatinmass.org/cardinal-ratzinger.html Address on 24 October 1998 for the tenth anniversary of the motu proprio ''Ecclesia Dei'']</ref>