Santo António
Santo António · Funchal
parish of Santo António, municipality of Funchal, Madeira
Santo António is a parish in the municipality of Funchal, Madeira, where the São João stream rises and the Jesuits had their Pico do Cardo residence. Its church bears a 1783 Latin inscription, and the parish contains the Madalena, São João e Santana and Pópulo chapels; it also gives its name to a hill of about 400 metres near its church.
1Mentioned in
- Vineyards — Tinta grown here.
- St Mary Magdalene (chapels) — The parish containing the Madalena chapel.
- Azevedo (Blessed Inácio de) — Parish where the Jesuits stayed during their visit.
- Rose — Rosa multiflora is frequent in its hedges.
- Fonte Vermelha — Parish at one end of the road.
- Bravos do Mindelo (the Heroes of Mindelo) — Parish of Manuel Camacho.
- Jesuits — Parish containing the Pico do Cardo residence.
- São João (stream) — Parish in whose uplands the stream rises.
- St John and St Anne (chapel) — Parish containing the chapel.
- Braga (family) — Parish of João de Braga's land grant.
- Inscribed stones — Parish whose church bears a 1783 Latin inscription and site of the Pópulo chapel.
- Castro (Father Francisco de) — Parish where Castro served as parish priest.
- Beneden (Baron Charles Van) — Parish of the quinta.
- Preces — Parish in which the sítio of Preces lies.
- Penteada — Parish containing the locality.
- Jamboto — Parish containing Jamboto.
- Funchal – I. Origin of the name — Suburban parish partly added in 1927.
- Funchal (judicial district) — Became a julgado of the Funchal comarca in 1927.
- Madeira (island) — Has iron-carbonate waters.
- Bombardment of Funchal — Refuge for residents fleeing the city.
- Leme — Parish where Martim de Leme received land and the Quinta do Leme stands.
- Camacho (Januário Vicente) — Funchal parish where Camacho served and whose vicarage he sought.
- Cholera morbus in 1856 and 1910 — Had a cholera hospital in both epidemics.
- Parochia de Santo Antonio do Funchal — The Funchal parish that the newspaper served.
- City limits — Suburban parish partly added in 1927.
- Almada (Dr José António de) — Bridge works begun there under his governorship.
- Boliqueme — The parish containing the locality of Boliqueme.
- Ribeira dos Socorridos — Parish on the left bank.
- Diseases — Parish where 14 deaths from infectious pneumonia occurred in 1907.
- Laranjal — Parish containing Laranjal.
- Bettencourt — Parish containing part of the Água de Mel entail.
- St Quiteria (chantries) — Parish containing the 1727 chapel.
- Tobacco — One of the main sites of tobacco plantings in 1877–1882.
- Gouveia Júnior (Francisco Gomes de) — His birthplace.
- Our Lady of Protection (chapels) — Parish containing the Álamos chapel.
- Popular riots — Parish of the Pico do Cardo.
- Nobre (António) — Parish containing Nobre's Boliqueme house.
- Afforestation — Parish with land used for pine sowing in 1814.
- Protestant proselytism — Parish where Protestant adherents remained after Kalley.
- Our Lady of the People (chapel) — Parish where the chapel stands.
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2Chronology
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Lourenço de Matos Coutinho founded, in fulfilment of a vow, the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Quietação at Alecrins, Santo António.
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Manuel Martins Brandão founded the chapel of Nossa Senhora das Brotas at Santo António, licensed for worship by alvará of July 1678.
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Probable construction of the Preces chapel in Santo António.
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The chapel of Nossa Senhora das Preces at Santo António was built.
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The former Jesuit house, chapel and lands at Santo António were sold at public auction for seven contos de réis.
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The parish churches of Santo António, Caniço and Estreito da Calheta were built, bearing dated inscriptions of 1783, 1789 and 1791.
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The interim government ordered the sowing of pines in São Martinho and Santo António.
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Francisco Gomes de Gouveia Júnior was born in Santo António.
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Between 1877 and 1882 tobacco was planted in Madeira, mainly in São Gonçalo and Santo António.
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Charles Lepierre analysed the waters of the Jamboto iron spring; the analysis, ordered by Funchal Municipal Council, was published as a pamphlet.
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A suspected disease in Santo António parish killed all 14 people it struck before being contained under Governor Boaventura Mendes de Almeida.
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The first issue of the fortnightly parish review Parochia de Santo Antonio do Funchal appeared.
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The last issue of Parochia de Santo Antonio do Funchal was published.
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A cross raised by the Juventude Antoniana commemorating Portugal's centenaries was inaugurated on Pico dos Barcelos.
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The long-profaned chapel of the Quinta do Leme was restored to worship.