Corpo Santo

Santa Maria Maior · Funchal

Locality in Funchal, Madeira

32°38′51″ N16°54′00″ W Google Maps

Corpo Santo is an area of Funchal where the Forte de São Pedro stood. It takes its name from the Capela do Corpo Santo, one of the oldest chapels in the diocese. This fifteenth-century building, much altered over time, was built by seafarers and dedicated to São Pedro Gonçalves Telmo; it housed a fishermen's confraternity that acted as a mutual-aid society.