Article Nº 2609 Chapel Calheta Vol. II · p. 885
Our Lady of the Joys (chapels)
Original title: Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres (Capelas de)
Two chapels dedicated to Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres: one founded in 1611 by Tristão Gomes de Castro in Monte (later Santa Luzia), and an entailed one in Santa Maria Maior.
In 1611, on land in the parish (freguesia) of Monte (‘hill’) that later came to belong to the parish of Santa Luzia (‘St Lucy’), Tristão Gomes de Castro founded a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Joys (Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres). There was a chapel of the same dedication in the parish of Santa Maria Maior (‘St Mary Major’); it was entailed, and in 1610 its administrator was João Gomes de Castro. We do not know the year of its foundation.
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