Sena Freitas (Canon José Joaquim)
Original title: Sena Freitas (Cónego José Joaquim)
Canon José Joaquim de Sena Freitas (1840–1913), Azorean writer and orator who often visited Funchal, preached there and wrote about Madeira.
This well-known writer and orator was born on the island of São Miguel in 1840 and died in the city of Rio de Janeiro on 22 December 1913. He visited Funchal many times and gave several speeches here, some of which are included in his work Palavra do Semeador. In the pamphlet «As Novidades» no pelourinho he deals with various matters concerning Madeira. Canon Sena Freitas wrote some fine descriptive articles about Funchal.
His mortal remains, brought from Brazil, lay for some days in the old chapel of St Elizabeth of Portugal (Santa Isabel) of the Funchal Misericórdia Hospital (Hospital da Misericórdia do Funchal), where solemn funeral rites were celebrated. On 2 March 1925 they were taken to the island of São Miguel, where they were buried.
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Abroad
- Chapel of St Elizabeth
Funchal. Chapel where his remains lay for several days with solemn exequies in 1925.
Chapel where his remains lay for several days with solemn exequies in 1925.
- Funchal
City he often visited, preached in and described.
The capital of the archipelago and seat of the principal captaincy, where settlement began; it was made a vila c.1451–52. Its bay, the widest in the archipelago, lies between Ponta do Garajau and Ponta da Cruz and offers sheltered anchorage, though its harbour had never been studied oceanographically. The Elucidário discusses it as a health resort with climate data and records the January 1906 disturbances, the Danish prince's visit in May 1846 and recent volcanic cones in the area.
- Rio de Janeiro
Brazil. City where Sena Freitas died.
Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, appears in the Elucidário as the seat of the Portuguese court and as a city where many Madeirans lived, studied, taught, published and died. Among them were Paulo Perestrelo da Câmara, João de Oliveira Sá Camelo Lampreia and João da Silveira Caldeira, who headed the Mint there.
- São Miguel
Portugal. Azorean island where Sena Freitas was born and buried.
An Azorean island discovered by Gonçalo Velho Cabral. Its captaincy was bought and governed by Rui Gonçalves da Câmara, son of Zargo. It was the birthplace of Brito Rebelo, and Frutuoso wrote his work there in 1590; its oranges are said to surpass Madeira's.
People
People mentioned · 01- José Joaquim de Sena Freitas1840–1913
Azorean-born canon, writer and orator who preached in Funchal and wrote descriptive articles about the city.