%0 Journal Article %T Viagens do Ros¨¢rio entre a Velha Cristandade e o Al¨¦m-Mar %A Souza %A Juliana Beatriz Almeida de %J Estudos Afro-Asi¨¢ticos %D 2001 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S0101-546X2001000200005 %X the text intends to establish a relationship between the spread of the our lady of rosario cult in portuguese america - principally among negroes - and the prior catholicism of banto africa. it is concurrent with the advance of the use of the rosary in old christianity since the end of the 15th century. %K portuguese expansion %K catholic church %K devotion to the rosary %K our lady of rosario %K negroes. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0101-546X2001000200005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en