Article Nº 3071 Locality (sítio) Funchal Vol. III · p. 297
Quinta das Freiras
Inhabited locality in the parish of Santo António, Funchal, site of the ruined chapel of Nossa Senhora das Brotas (1678) and of the parish cemetery (1839).
An inhabited locality (sítio) in the parish (freguesia) of Santo António (‘St Anthony’), Funchal. This locality was the site of the chapel of Nossa Senhora das Brotas (Our Lady of Brotas), founded in 1678 by Manuel Martins Brandão, of which a heap of rubble still remains. The parish cemetery also lies here; it was built in 1839 and greatly enlarged in 1903. The cemetery has its own chapel, built in 1844 and dedicated to Our Lady of Light (Nossa Senhora da Luz).
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Chronology
- Manuel Martins Brandão founded the chapel of Nossa Senhora das Brotas at Santo António, licensed for worship by alvará of July 1678.
- The parish cemetery of Santo António was built.
- The chapel of the Angústias cemetery in Funchal was built and was blessed by Bishop Cerveira e Sousa on 15 December 1844.
- The Santo António parish cemetery was greatly enlarged.