To date, many detailed reviews and honours have been published regarding AJC's life and work, as evidenced by the extensive Passive Bibliography. We will therefore select, from the three or four major lines of research and scientific-pedagogical production, those that, as medievalists and lifelong disciples of the Master, we consider to be pivotal in national and international historiography. As is well known, between 1940 and 2000, Fr Avelino produced 367 monographs and studies across various works, along with a substantial number of contributions to dictionaries and encyclopaedias—almost a hundred (Maria Alegria Marques, "Professor Doutor Cónego Avelino de Jesus da Costa (1908-2000)", 2007, pp. 53-92). Additionally, we must not overlook his frequent participation in the regional press, where he demonstrated the scientific authority for which he was known. Notably, the Diário do Minho celebrated him with two significant publications: Canon Avelino de Jesus da Costa in Diário do Minho (2008) and Canon Avelino de Jesus da Costa in Imprensa Barquense (2009).

Fr Avelino's life as a researcher has been long, especially when compared to that of the average university lecturer, whose tenure rarely exceeds 23 years. However, his contributions to the study and advancement of disciplines such as palaeography, diplomatics, epigraphy, codicology, numismatics, chronology, and ecclesiastical archives are both remarkable and pioneering. In Vida e obra do Prof. Doutor Cónego Avelino de Jesus da Costa [Life and works of Professor Doctor Canon Avelino de Jesus da Costa], Catálogo da Exposição [Exhibition Catalogue] (2001), Maria Helena da Cruz Coelho, Maria José Azevedo Santos, Saul Gomes, and Maria do Rosário Morujão provide a heartfelt posthumous tribute, showcasing Fr Avelino's status as an eminent specialist in these fields.

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