Person entailed-estate holder Latin poet alferes-mor of Madeira
Tristão Gomes de Castro
1543–1611
entailed-estate holder · Latin poet · alferes-mor of Madeira
Madeiran entailed-estate holder and Latin poet, author of the unpublished Argonautica da Cavallaria. He was chief standard-bearer of Madeira and in 1611 founded the chapel of Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres in Monte.
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- Bishop’s palace — Chief standard-bearer of Madeira who later owned the Rua das Pretas houses used by early bishops.
- Our Lady of the Joys (chapels) — Founded the chapel of Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres in Monte in 1611.
- Fire from Heaven — Resident of Funchal in whose houses the fire of 26 July 1593 first broke out.