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Elucidário Madeirense

Person priest landowner noble

Cristóvão Moniz de Meneses

priest · landowner · noble

Vicar of Porto da Cruz, where he founded an entailed estate. His 1690 will obliged his children to build the chapel of São Cristóvão at Caramanchão, Machico.

1Mentioned in

Caramanchão — Holder of an entailed estate whose will obliged his children to build the chapel of São Cristóvão at Caramanchão.
St Christopher (chapels) — Testator whose 1690 will ordered the Machico chapel of São Cristóvão.
Porto da Cruz (parish) — Vicar of Porto da Cruz who also founded an entailed estate there.

2Chronology

1690
The chapel of São Cristóvão at Caramanchão, Machico, was built by the children of Cristóvão Moniz de Meneses under his will. The date 1692 is carved on its portico.

3Places mentioned

Map: Madeira (14)

Map: Madeira (14)