Article Nº 3082 Family, surname or lineage Vol. III · p. 301
Quintal
Short entry on the Quintal family surname, mentioned in the poem Insulana and borne by the founder of the Angústias chapel.
Manuel Tomás records this family surname in his poem ‘The Island Epic’ (Insulana). In 1662 there lived in Funchal Diogo da Costa Quintal, who founded the chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows (Nossa Senhora das Angústias).
People mentioned
- Diogo da Costa de Quintal
- Manuel Tomás 1585–1665
Places mentioned