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Article Nº 3313 Cross-reference · Vol. III · p. 426

Santa Catarina Braga

See António Alfredo (I-72).

See · Nº 0242 · Clergy and religious António Alfredo Biography of António Alfredo de Santa Catarina Braga, a former Franciscan friar and liberal preacher who governed the diocese of Funchal from 1834 to 1840. He is remembered for suppressing the cult of Fr. Pedro da Guarda at Câmara de Lobos in 1835.
See · Nº 0137 · Government body or public service Customs houses The Funchal customs house, created by royal charter of 15 March 1477: its officials and judges, tax farming, the 1512 sugar-export monopoly, landing regulations and nineteenth-century reforms. The Manueline building, its redoubt and chapel of Santo António are described, followed by revenue figures from 1581 to 1932, municipal taxes collected, directors since 1889 and related pamphlets and regulations.

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