Varona (Friar Inácio José)
Original title: Varona (Fr. Inácio José)
Carmelite friar who preached in the Colégio church in Funchal at the thanksgiving for the Marquis of Pombal's escape from an assassination plot; his sermon was printed in Lisbon in 1776.
He belonged to the Carmelite order and preached in the church of the College (Igreja do Colégio, the Jesuit college church) during the splendid celebrations held there in thanksgiving for the Marquis of Pombal’s escape from the crime planned by the Genoese João Batista Pelle, who was executed on 11 October 1775. Friar Inácio’s address was published under the following title: Oração na acção de graças que a Real Junta da Fazenda da ilha da Madeira fez celebrar pela prodigiosa conservação da muito necessária vida do Illustrissimo e Excelentissimo Senhor Marquez de Pombal Sebastião José de Carvalho e Mello na egreja de São João Evangelista da cidade do Funchal em 20 de Janeiro dirigida pelo seu presidente o Illustrissimo e Excellentissimo Senhor João Antonio de Sá Pereira, do concelho de S. M. Fidelissima, Senhor d'Alverca, Alcaide Mor de Monte Mor o Velho, Comendador da Ordem de Christo, Governador e Capitão General desta Ilha da Madeira, Lisbon, 1776, 23 pp.
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- Colégio church
Funchal. Church of São João Evangelista in Funchal where the thanksgiving sermon was preached.
The Igreja do Colégio (São João Evangelista) is the Jesuit college church in the parish of Sé, Funchal, built after 1508. It was the starting point of several processions, the scene of the 1776 thanksgiving ceremonies and anniversary Te Deums, and the burial place of D. Francisco Henriques. It holds a 16th-century painting.
- Funchal
City where the celebrations took place.
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.
- Lisbon
Portugal. Place of publication of the sermon.
The Portuguese capital, seat of the Relação court and of the Misericórdia whose privileges and statutes were extended to Funchal. Henrique Franco de Sousa studied at its Royal Academy of Fine Arts, and Luiz José Baiardo moved there in 1821.
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Carmelite friar who preached and published the thanksgiving sermon for the Marquis of Pombal's survival, delivered in Funchal.
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Governor and captain-general of Madeira and president of the Real Junta da Fazenda, to whom the printed sermon was dedicated.
- João Batista Pelled. 1775
Genoese man executed on 11 October 1775 for plotting against the Marquis of Pombal.
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Portuguese chief minister whose escape from an assassination plot was celebrated in Funchal.