António Sardinha Fund

António Sardinha Fonds consists of not only António Sardinha’s personal archive, but also his private library and the content of his home office. The archival fonds was donated to the Universidade Católica Portuguesa in the 1980s, in different stages, by his widow, Ana Júlia Nunes da Silva Sardinha — first the library, then the items from his office, and finally the archive. Over time, additional smaller donations were also made, such as the personal correspondence between António Sardinha and his wife, as well as photographs and personal objects.

António Maria de Sousa Sardinha (1887–1925) was a poet, historian, and politician, standing out as an essayist, polemicist, and doctrinaire. As a doctrinaire, he played a prominent role in the movement he founded — Integralismo Lusitano.

The archive provides a remarkable insight into the theme of Integralismo Lusitano, represented across various document types. It includes correspondence with his peers and fellow integralists, such as Hipólito Raposo, Luís de Almeida Braga, and José Adriano Pequito Rebelo, as well as letters addressed to Ana Júlia Sardinha. It is also composed by an extensive section of newspapers and press clippings (accumulated by António Sardinha and his wife), notably A Monarquia, the newspaper directed by António Sardinha, along with other types of documentation of great relevance for the study of this early 20th-century movement.

The library brings together around 6145 titles covering topics such as History, the Catholic Church, traditionalist monarchist doctrine, and 19th-century ideological debates such as Liberalism and Freemasonry — including, in some cases, rare editions. The publications span the period from 1553 to 1992, extending beyond António Sardinha’s death due to the inclusion of posthumous works and publications by his disciples and followers, collected by his family.

The section of objects from António Sardinha’s study includes furniture, ceramic pieces of various origins, paintings, and personal items such as his glasses and writing tools, among others. This part of the fonds, together with a selection of titles from António Sardinha’s library, is displayed in a museum room inside the Biblioteca Universitária João Paulo II, accessible to the public upon request.

The archive has not yet been fully processed according to archival standards. However, most of the documentation is identified and available for consultation by appointment. The portion that remains unidentified is currently being processed. The bibliographic records of the works in this library collection are available in the Collective Bibliographic Catalogue of the Libraries of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
For consultation requests or further information, please contact: biblioteca.lisboa@ucp.pt.