D. Francisco de Aquino Corrêa and the construction of the mato-grossense identity
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This article analyzes the role played by the bishop and archbishop of Cuiabá D. Francisco de Aquino Corrêa in the construction of Mato Grosso's identity between the 1910s and 1930s. As governor of Mato Grosso, he intervened in the cultural sphere in order to strengthen the elite of Cuiabá and overcome political, economic and social crises. To this end, he recruted a group of intellectuals who worked to build a regional identity based on the idealization of the land and the men from Mato Grosso, overcoming the frontier-backwoods stigma. To this end, he created the Historical and Geographical Institute of Mato Grosso and the Mato Grosso Academy of Letters, regional symbols (hymn and coat of arms) and held successive cultural events. As a member of the ecclesiastical hierarchy, he endeavored to restore the prestige of the Catholic Church, to value the religious aspects of brazilian culture and to propagate regionalism, nationalism and cult of the nation.
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