São Roque
São Roque · Funchal
suburban parish of the municipality of Funchal
São Roque is a suburban parish of Funchal, separated from São Pedro and created under a royal charter of 1579; it is named after its original chapel of São Roque. The Elucidário traces the history of its parish church and lists its chapels, principal localities and population.
1Mentioned in
- Borage (Borago officinalis) — Borage is found there.
- Mastruço — Only place where Lepidium sativum occurs in Madeira.
- Igreja Velha — Parish containing the locality.
- Ataíde (Dr Joaquim de Menezes e) — Parish containing the Fundoa.
- Jesuits — Parish of the Fundoa residence.
- Quintas — Location of the Quinta da Alegria.
- Funchal – I. Origin of the name — Suburban parish partly added in 1927.
- Funchal (judicial district) — Became a julgado of the Funchal comarca in 1927.
- Leste — Its pine woods burned during the 1919 leste.
- National Scout Corps — Parish where scout Group 55 was founded.
- Fire of 1919 — Fire reached alarming proportions here.
- Hop (Humulus lupulus) — Where hops are grown.
- City limits — Suburban parish partly added in 1927.
- Oliveira (Canon Alfredo César de) — Parish where he served as priest.
- Bettencourt — Parish containing part of the Água de Mel entail.
- Pinheirinho (Equisetum maximum) — Damp places where the horsetail grows.
- Fundoa — Parish containing Fundoa.
- Immaculate Conception (chapels) — Parish of a 1700 chapel.
- Our Lady of Protection (chapels) — Neighbouring parish on whose boundary the chapel lies.
- Santo António (parish) — Bordering parish.
- Protestant proselytism — Parish where Protestant adherents remained after Kalley.
- Livestock — Suburban parish recommended for high-yield dairy cattle.
- Asylums — Parish that organised donation processions.
- St Philip (chapel) — Parish containing the Achada site.
- Água de Mel (stream) — Parish through which the stream runs.
- Our Lady of Joy (chapel) — Parish containing the chapel.
- Conceição — Parish containing this locality.
- Alegria — Parish containing the locality.
- Nossa Senhora da Esperança (chapel) — Parish with an old pilgrimage chapel of Our Lady of Hope.
- São Pedro (parish) — Parish created from São Pedro's suburban part in 1579.
- Sé (parish) — Parish split off from the Sé.
- St Anne (chapels) — Parish with a Santana chapel built in 1607.
- Our Lady of the Rosary (chapels) — Parish containing the Fundoa chapel.
- Water analyses — Waters analysed with results published in the Heraldo da Madeira.
- Street lighting — Suburban parish reached by electric lighting.
2Chronology
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The chapel of São Roque served as the parish church of São Roque.
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A royal charter of the Cardinal-King abolished the Funchal parish of São Pedro and authorised Bishop Jerónimo Barreto to create the parishes of São Roque and São Martinho.
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Francisco Dias built the Santana chapel in São Roque.
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Francisco de Abreu founded the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Alegria in São Roque.
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Canon António Lopes de Andrade built and endowed the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição at São Roque.
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The ruinous old parish church (chapel of São Roque) of São Roque collapsed and could no longer be used for worship.
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During a long leste wind, which brought Funchal's highest recorded shade temperature (38.4°), fires set criminally, reportedly by angry herders, destroyed much of Madeira's forest, including pine woods at Monte and São Roque, until rain put them out, causing over 2,000 contos of damage.