[1] On 5 December 1602, the convent was transferred to the Order of St. Francis, creating a quarrel between the founder and various prelates, who wanted to expand the monastery.

[1] In the 17th century, the box-ceiling and retable altar was finally installed in the church, along with azulejo tiles in the presbytery.

[1] Between 1797 and 1828, it was elevated to the status of cathedral of the Diocese of Pinhel by order of its Bishop Don Bernardo Bernardino Beltrão Freire (1797.12.18 – 1828.07.19) following the demolition of the Church of the Saviour (Portuguese: Igreja do Salvador).

[1] Work in the interior advanced during this period, with the reconstruction of the principal facade and the addition of a high choir occurring in 1808.

[1] In 1916, the Arrolamento dos Bens da Freguesia de Pinhel referred to the many vestiges and artefacts, that included a marble crucifix, a new baptistry, a gold-gilded cabinet and three reliquaries, as well images of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Our Lady of the Encounter, Immaculate Conception (in the hospital chapel), St. Anthony, St. Claire and Saviour (in the Church of Santa Maria), St. Agnes of Rome (from the 17th century) and three bells.

[1] On 22 August 1980, the IPPC Commission proposed classifying the site as an Imóvel de Interesse Público (Property of Public Interest).

[1] The longitudinal plan composed of two juxtapositioned rectangles, a rectangular bell tower, two annexes to the south, and sacristy to the north.

[1] The volume of the main chapel also includes an attached/adjoining annex and in the upper register, two straight windows, decorated by cornices.

[1] It integrates two symmetrical altars, embedded in arches full of stonework and with retables in gilded carving and painted boards.