Place church/chapel Santa Maria Maior Funchal
Church of St Mary Major
Igreja de Santa Maria Maior
Santa Maria Maior · Funchal
parish of Santa Maria Maior, Funchal, Madeira
The Igreja de Santa Maria Maior, formerly the church of São Tiago Menor (Socorro), is a parish church in Funchal above the Barreirinha beach. It became the seat of one of Funchal's two parishes in 1558 and stood next to the old hospital. It was the destination of several processions, including the patronal procession to St James.
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- Barreirinha — The beach lies below this parish church.
- Procession of the Bull of the Holy Crusade — Formerly the church of São Tiago Menor and the destination of the procession, where the staves were handed over and a sermon was preached.
- Hospital Velho (street) — Former parish church that stood next to the old hospital.
- Vow to the Blessed Virgin — Destination of the annual procession.
- Nossa Senhora do Monte (parish) — Destination of the Patrocínio procession.
- Patron saints — Parish church (Socorro) dedicated to St James, goal of the patronal procession.
- Votive procession of 9 October — Church to which the procession went for many years.
- Passos procession — Church where the Calvary scenes were enacted.
- Moura — Original church in which João de Moura Rolim founded the chapel of the Lord and had his tomb.
- Settlement and colonisation — Seat of one of Funchal's two parishes from 1558.
- Ponta do Sol (parish) — Funchal church containing Clara Esteves's chapel, the model for Rodrigo Enes's chapel.