Place church/chapel Porto Santo

Chapel of St Catherine

Capela de Santa Catarina

Porto Santo

parish of Porto Santo, island of Porto Santo

Main article St Catherine (chapel) Entry on the chapel of Santa Catarina in Funchal, founded by Constança Rodrigues de Almeida, wife of João Gonçalves Zarco, and regarded as the first church built on Madeira, together with its attached almshouse; it also notes other chapels of the same dedication in Porto Santo, Santa Cruz, Calheta and Ribeira Brava.

A chapel dedicated to Santa Catarina in the parish of Porto Santo, listed among the parish's chapels. It is one of several chapels of this dedication noted alongside the principal Santa Catarina chapel in Funchal.

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Porto Santo (parish) — One of the parish's chapels.
Porto Santo (island) — Chapel beside the old cemetery opened in 1838.

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1838
The Porto Santo cemetery beside the chapel of Santa Catarina was opened on Corpus Christi day.

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