Acciaioly (Simão)
Florentine nobleman, first of the Acciaioly name in Madeira, sugar-mill owner, almoxarife and founder of an entailed estate; died 1544.
As already stated in the article Acciaily, Simão Acciaioly was the first to come to Madeira bearing this surname. He belonged to one of the most distinguished families of Florence and was the son of Zenóbio Acciaioly and Dona Catarina Delfina. He arrived on this island in the first quarter of the 15th century, and in 1529 he was granted a coat of arms and confirmation of his nobility. Noronha says that Simão Acciaioly married Dona Maria Pimentel and that he died on 15 February 1544. He founded the entail (morgado) known as that of Nossa Senhora do Faial or da Natividade, and his son Zenóbio Acciaioly succeeded him in the administration of the entailed estate (vínculo). Simão Acciaioly owned sugar mills and a large house in Funchal, and here he held the post of almoxarife (royal revenue officer and storekeeper). He had the chapel of Our Lady of Pity (Nossa Senhora da Piedade) built in the old chapter house of the Convent of São Francisco (St Francis of Assisi), and he was buried there.
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- Chapel of Our Lady of Pity
Machico. Chapel he built in the convent of São Francisco, where he was buried.
Name recorded for more than one chapel: one built by Simão Acciaioly in the convent of São Francisco in Funchal, where he was buried; a small chapel on a hillock by the Piedade beach at Ponta de São Lourenço; and a demolished chapel that gave Rua da Igrejinha its name.
- Convent of St Francis
Funchal. Convent housing his chapel and tomb.
The Convento de São Francisco was a Franciscan convent in Funchal founded in 1473, which marked the western limit of the city in 1508. Its church was demolished in 1865, and its fittings, books, tombstones and bones went to the Angústias cemetery, the museum and the Municipal Library. Its buildings briefly lodged prisoners until 1836 and housed the police in 1857.
- Florence
Italy. City of origin of his family.
Florença (Florence) is the Italian city of origin of the Acciaioli family, who came to Madeira, and the birthplace of Simão Acciaioly. It was also the birthplace of João Salviati and the source of the surname, and the birthplace and place of publication of Giuseppe Raddi.
- Funchal
Where he had a great house.
The capital of the archipelago and seat of the principal captaincy, where settlement began; it was made a vila c.1451–52. Its bay, the widest in the archipelago, lies between Ponta do Garajau and Ponta da Cruz and offers sheltered anchorage, though its harbour had never been studied oceanographically. The Elucidário discusses it as a health resort with climate data and records the January 1906 disturbances, the Danish prince's visit in May 1846 and recent volcanic cones in the area.
People
People mentioned · 05- Simão Acciaiolyd. 1544
Florentine noble who settled in Madeira, owned sugar mills, served as almoxarife and founded the Faial entail.
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Mother of Simão Acciaioly.
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Wife of Simão Acciaioly.
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Genealogist cited as source for Simão's marriage and death.
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Florentine father of Simão Acciaioly.