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Elucidário Madeirense

Person landowner

Francisco Cristovão de Ornelas e Vasconcelos

landowner

Calheta notable and administrator of the Vale da Bica entail, who built the chapel of São Francisco de Borja at Cruz da Guarda in 1760 and enlarged the Jangão chapel in 1777.

1Mentioned in

Levadas — Calheta notable whom the surveyors were told to consult in 1768.
St Francis Borgia (chapel) — Had the chapel built beside his houses at Cruz da Guarda in 1760.
Jangão — Administrator of the entail who restored the Jangão chapel in 1777.
Our Lady of Pity (chapels) — Administrator of the Vale da Bica entail who enlarged the Jangão chapel in 1777.

2Chronology

1777
The chapel of Nossa Senhora da Piedade at Jangão, Ponta do Sol, was restored and enlarged by Francisco de Ornelas de Vasconcelos, and authorisation to rebless it was given on 3 August 1777.

3Places mentioned

Map: Arquipélago da Madeira (14)

Map: Arquipélago da Madeira (14)