Article Nº 2566 Chapel Ribeira Brava Vol. II · p. 858
Our Lady of Good Dispatch (chapel)
Original title: Nossa Senhora do Bom Despacho (Capela de)
A chapel in Campanário founded in 1672 by the morgado Jerónimo de Atouguia Bettencourt and his wife, rebuilt in 1762, and still owned by the Brito family in 1921.
This chapel stands in the parish (freguesia) of Campanário (‘bell tower’). It was founded in 1672 by the holder of the entail (morgado) Jerónimo de Atouguia Bettencourt and his wife Dona Catarina Espranger, the deed of endowment being dated 27 June of that year. In 1762 it was rebuilt by Father Francisco Nicolau de Brito, the chapel then belonging to a brother of this priest. Today it belongs to Feliciano de Brito Correia, representative of this family (1921).
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