Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
parish of Santa Cruz, municipality of Santa Cruz, Madeira
Santa Cruz is a parish and one of Madeira's oldest settlements, named after a cross Zarco had raised there at the discovery. The Elucidário covers its early ecclesiastical history, collegiate church, chapels, noble settlers and localities.
1Mentioned in
- Misericórdia of Santa Cruz — The town where the Misericórdia and its hospital are located.
- St Sebastian (chapels) — Parish that once had a chapel of São Sebastião of unknown date.
- Lomelino — Town where Urbano Lomelino settled, held land and founded the convent.
- São Pedro (lombada, stream and chapel) — Parish and town near which the lombada lies.
- St Catherine (chapel) — Its sítio de Santa Catarina takes its name from a 15th-century chapel.
- Pilgrimage festivals — Eve processions; Santo Amaro feast on 15 January.
- Artistic heritage — Its parish church has six chancel paintings.
- St Peter (chapel) — Parish with a Saint Peter chapel by the road west of the town.
- St Francis Xavier (chapels) — Parish of the 1684 chapel.
- St Giles (chapel) — Parish of the chapel.
- Our Lady of the Peña de Francia (chapel) — Parish with a Penha chapel founded in 1670.
- Parishes — Early parish after 1440.
- Lombada — Parish containing Lombada.
- Santa Cruz (cove, harbour, quay and stream) — Town crossed by the Ribeira de Santa Cruz.
- Santa Cruz quay — Town with successive quays.
- Ferreira (Alípio Augusto) — His birthplace.
- St Ferdinand (chapel) — Parish of the chapel.
- Echo de Santa Cruz — Town where the newspaper was composed and printed.
- Henriques (Father João Maurício) — Parish where he served as curate.
- Santa Cruz (parish) — Subject of the entry.
- St Lazarus (chapel) — Parish where a São Lázaro chapel formerly existed.
- St Elizabeth (chapels) — Town whose hospital has a chapel dedicated to Santa Isabel attached to it.
- Settlement and colonisation — Early settlement site.
- Representation in the Cortes — Electoral constituency.
- Misericórdias — Town with its own Misericórdia.
- Bibliography — Judicial district of lawsuits listed.
- Sousa — Where Antão Álvares de Sousa settled.
- Oliveira (Canon Alfredo César de) — Birthplace of Oliveira and site of his first sermon.
- Historical dates — Made a town in 1515.
- Our Lady of Grace (chapels) — Parish of a chapel of 1520.
- Piedade — Parish containing the Calçada manor.
- Towns — Made a town in 1515 despite Machico's opposition.
- Santa Cruz (town and municipality) — Subject of the entry.
- Tuna of the University of Coimbra — Visited by the students.
- Vasconcelos — Where Fernão Tavares de Vasconcelos settled.
- Immaculate Conception (chapels) — Parish of a chapel of c.1600.
- Gamboa — Gamboa held its fish tithe.
- Almude — Almude 17.328.
- Our Lord Jesus Christ (chapel) — Parish of the chapel.
- Notaries — Town with its own justice officers.
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2Chronology
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The Misericórdia of Santa Cruz was founded.
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João Afonso Escudeiro founded a chapel of São Lázaro in Santa Cruz.
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A royal charter created the customs houses of Funchal, Santa Cruz and Machico, the Funchal customs being the archipelago's oldest public office.
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Antão Álvares de Sousa settled in Santa Cruz.
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Machico and Santa Cruz jointly received a foral with privileges, providing for a customs house.
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Urbano Lomelino died, entailing his estate to complete and maintain the Santa Cruz convent of Nossa Senhora da Piedade.
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The Misericórdia's hospital building in Santa Cruz was erected.
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Pedro Álvares de Almada erected the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Graça in Santa Cruz.
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Fernão Tavares de Vasconcelos settled in Santa Cruz.
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Jorge Lomelino died and was buried in the church of the Convento de Nossa Senhora da Piedade at Santa Cruz.
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Pedro Gonçalves de Arvelos served as judge in Santa Cruz.
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Bartolomeu Telo Moniz de Meneses founded a chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição in Santa Cruz.
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Jordão de Freitas da Silva was living in Santa Cruz.
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D. Maria do Rosário de Arvelos reportedly built a chapel of Nossa Senhora da Penha de França at Lombada, Santa Cruz.
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João Vieira de Afonseca built a chapel of São Francisco Xavier in Santa Cruz.
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A deed of donation was made for the Piedade chapel and worship began there; its portal is dated 1692.
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A royal charter ordered the building of walls along the ribeiras at Santa Cruz.
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The Fort of São Francisco was built in Santa Cruz, funded by fines on militiamen who missed lookout duty.