Person royal overseer treasury superintendent founder
Luís Álvares da Costa
royal overseer · treasury superintendent · founder
Royal overseer and treasury superintendent under Afonso V who founded the Franciscan convent of São Francisco in Funchal in 1473. His tombstone, which names him as the convent's true founder, was later moved to the Angústias cemetery.
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- Angústias (cemetery) — Founder in 1473 of the São Francisco convent, whose tombstone was moved to the cemetery.
- St Francis in Funchal (convent) — True founder of the convent in 1473, according to his tombstone inscription.
- Inscribed stones — Founder in 1473 of the convent of São Francisco, named on the epitaph now in Angústias cemetery.
- Costa — Royal overseer and treasury superintendent under Afonso V who founded the Franciscan convent in Funchal.
- Alvares — Founder in 1473 of the original Franciscan convent of São Francisco in Funchal.
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