São Jorge
São Jorge · Santana
Parish of São Jorge, municipality of Santana, Madeira
North-coast parish that was an original parish of Santana municipality and gives its name to the northern archpriest district. It is known for plant-fossil and lignite deposits studied by Heer and Bunbury, and for a 17th-century landslide. The Elucidário also describes its islet, headland, quay and stream.
1Mentioned in
- Geology — Site of a 17th-century landslide that pushed land into the sea.
- Branco (Father João Manuel de Freitas) — Parish of which he was vicar in 1822.
- St Sebastian (chapels) — Parish whose São Sebastião chapel was rebuilt in 1765; its statue of the saint is in the parish church.
- Phanerogams — Site of a plant-fossil deposit on the north coast.
- Bunbury (Charles J. F.) — Parish whose fossil plants Bunbury studied.
- Oliveira (Dr João Francisco de) — Parish where the Prince Regent granted Oliveira extensive lands.
- Fossil leaf beds — Valley containing the Ribeiro do Meio deposit.
- Deaneries — Gives its name to the northern archpriest district.
- St Peter (chapel) — Parish with a Saint Peter chapel near the parish church.
- Lignite — Valley containing the lignite deposits.
- Heer (Dr Osvaldo) — Site of fossil plants studied by Heer.
- Santana (municipality) — Original parish of the municipality.
- Funchal (judicial district) — Became a julgado of the Funchal comarca in 1927.
- São Jorge quay — Place of the quay.
- Madeira (island) — Site of an impure lignite deposit.
- Galdo — Parish where Galdo held lands.
- First publications — Parish of which Freitas Branco was vicar.
- Ilha — Parish containing the locality.
- Câmara de Lobos (municipality) — One of the former lugares of Madeira.
- São Jorge (islet, point, landing place and stream) — Parish on whose coast and territory all the features described in this entry lie.
- Geology — Lignite with early fossil flora found here.
- Levadas — Parish where the São Jorge levada rises and which it irrigates.
- Cemeteries — Still had no cemetery in 1862.
- Piorno — G. maderensis grows between São Vicente and here.
- Maize (Zea mays) — Parish where maize cultivation was developed in 1847.
- Iron — Lamellar iron over clays occurs here.
- Santana (parish) — Mother parish from which Santana was separated in the mid-16th century.
- Funda (stream) — Parish crossed by the stream.
- São Jorge (parish) — The parish that is the subject of this entry.
- Sea distances — Coastal stage in the distance table.
- Ruivo (peak) — Parish owning the western part of the peak; its serras are visible from the summit.
- Machico (parish) — Former chaplaincy dependent on Machico.
- Entailed foundations — Parish containing the Ilha sítio.
- Fajãs — Parish containing fajãs.
- São Vicente (parish) — Seat of a recently created archpriesthood.
- Gorda (point) — Parish on whose coast the point lies.
- São Jorge (redoubt) — Parish in which the redoubt stood.
- Our Lady of the Rosary (chapels) — Parish of a former Rosary chapel.
- Esparto — Wild between here and Santana.
- Charters — Attached to São Vicente.
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2Chronology
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Jorge Pinto founded the entail of Ilha at São Jorge.
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Padre Matias Jorge Jardim founded a Rosary chapel in São Jorge.
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A royal charter raised the parish of São Vicente to the status of a town and municipality, attaching northern localities such as Porto Moniz, Ponta Delgada and Seixal to it and further reducing the municipality of Machico.
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The São Sebastião chapel at São Jorge, rebuilt by the parish priest, was blessed.
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The Prince Regent granted Dr João Francisco de Oliveira lands in São Jorge and the Quinta de Sant'Ana in Monte.
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Laureano da Câmara Falcão developed maize cultivation in Santana and São Jorge using Azorean farmers.
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Charles Bunbury studied the Madeiran flora and the fossil plants of São Jorge.
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Osvaldo Heer published a study of the fossil plants of São Jorge.
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The Fajã dos Vinháticos levada was built; it was abandoned in 1904 and replaced by the São Jorge levada.
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São Jorge and Arco de São Jorge still lacked cemeteries.
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Bishop Manuel Agostinho Barreto blessed the restored chapel at São Jorge and returned it to worship.
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The Junta Geral built the São Jorge quay at Ponta Gorda, linked by a footpath to the Santana–São Jorge road.