A presente tese busca apresentar o governo diocesano de D. Epaminondas Nunes de Ávila e Silva, primeiro bispo de Taubaté. Em 1908 assiste-se à criação de cinco dioceses no estado de São Paulo, entre elas Taubaté. Em seu espaço territorial encontrava-se o Santuário de Nossa Senhora Aparecida, cuja administração coube, por decreto, à Arquidiocese de São Paulo. Iniciava-se uma disputa pela administração desse santuário entre o bispo de Taubaté e o arcebispo de São Paulo, cada qual visando defender seus interesses diocesanos. Além da atuação comum aos bispos da época, quais sejam, o controle sobre o clero, o enquadramento das irmandades leigas e a burocratização da diocese, a ação romanizadora de D. Epaminondas, como resposta ao confronto com D. Duarte, focou-se na devoção a Santa Teresinha, sendo construído em Taubaté o primeiro santuário do mundo em sua honra / The present thesis tries to shed some light on the government of the diocese of Taubaté by its first bishop, Dom Epaminondas Nunes de Ávila e Silva. In the year of 1908 five new dioceses have been established in the State of S. Paulo, including the Diocese of Taubaté. The sanctuary of Our Lady Aparecida comes to be located inside the territorial space of the newly established diocese. The administration of the sanctuary however was, by decree, under the government of the Archdiocese of S. Paulo. This conflicting situation incited a dispute between the Bishop of Taubaté and the Archbishop of S. Paulo with regards to whom the administration of the sanctuary should belong to. In addition to the usual diocesan obligations such as to exercise control over the clergy and give legal support to the laity brotherhoods, the \"Roman\" activity of D. Epaminondas, as an answer to the conflict with Dom Duarte, came to being focused on the devotion to St. Teresinha. This focus has then lead to building the very first world sanctuary devoted to St. Teresinha in the city of Taubaté

A presente tese busca apresentar o governo diocesano de D. Epaminondas Nunes de Ávila e Silva, primeiro bispo de Taubaté. Em 1908 assiste-se à criação de cinco dioceses no estado de São Paulo, entre elas Taubaté. Em seu espaço territorial encontrava-se o Santuário de Nossa Senhora Aparecida, cuja administração coube, por decreto, à Arquidiocese de São Paulo. Iniciava-se uma disputa pela administração desse santuário entre o bispo de Taubaté e o arcebispo de São Paulo, cada qual visando defender seus interesses diocesanos. Além da atuação comum aos bispos da época, quais sejam, o controle sobre o clero, o enquadramento das irmandades leigas e a burocratização da diocese, a ação romanizadora de D. Epaminondas, como resposta ao confronto com D. Duarte, focou-se na devoção a Santa Teresinha, sendo construído em Taubaté o primeiro santuário do mundo em sua honra / The present thesis tries to shed some light on the government of the diocese of Taubaté by its first bishop, Dom Epaminondas Nunes de Ávila e Silva. In the year of 1908 five new dioceses have been established in the State of S. Paulo, including the Diocese of Taubaté. The sanctuary of Our Lady Aparecida comes to be located inside the territorial space of the newly established diocese. The administration of the sanctuary however was, by decree, under the government of the Archdiocese of S. Paulo. This conflicting situation incited a dispute between the Bishop of Taubaté and the Archbishop of S. Paulo with regards to whom the administration of the sanctuary should belong to. In addition to the usual diocesan obligations such as to exercise control over the clergy and give legal support to the laity brotherhoods, the \"Roman\" activity of D. Epaminondas, as an answer to the conflict with Dom Duarte, came to being focused on the devotion to St. Teresinha. This focus has then lead to building the very first world sanctuary devoted to St. Teresinha in the city of Taubaté

The history of central Greece in the fourth century BC has long been viewed through the lens of Athenian and Spartan interests which distorts the historical narrative and often misleads the reader regarding the causes and effects of events in this region. The following examination rejects this view and instead uses a regional approach to achieve new and unique understandings of major events in central Greece during the first half of the fourth century BC. The main focus of the examination is the internal developments of the Boeotian League and its interaction with the other states of central Greece. This refers to the relationship between Thebes and the other cities of Boeotia within the federal state as well as between the Boeotian League and Locris, Phocis, and Thessaly. These relationships, when assessed from a regional perspective using both literary and archaeological evidence, craft a new narrative for the political and military history of central Greece, a narrative which can be defined as ‘Boeotian.' In doing so, many long-standing ideas regarding this period will be challenged including ideological shifts within the government of Boeotia, motivations for the beginning of the Corinthian War, the historical importance of Pelopidas and Epaminondas, and the mechanisms of Boeotian supremacy in central Greece.