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Cult Of Senhor Santo Cristo Dos Milagres
The Cult of the Lord Holy Christ of the Miracles ( pt, Culto do Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres), popularly known as ''Senhor Santo Cristo'' or ''Santo Cristo dos Milagres'' is a religious veneration associated with an image of Jesus Christ, depicted in the events of the New Testament (presented in Luke 23:1-25). The wooden image of Christ, by unknown artist, in a Renaissance-style representation of the '' Ecce Homo'', represents the episode of Jesus of Nazareth's life when the martyred religious figure was presented to the crowd following his whipping, and includes a crown of thorns, uncovered torso and bruised/beaten body. Narrated in the New Testament, the artist represented in grande artistic style the contrast between violence on the body and the serenity of the expression, emphasized by the gaze from the image. Normally, this statue and piece of art is on display in the Sanctuary of the Lord Holy Christ, in the Convent of Our Lady of Hope (in Ponta Delgada, on the island o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponta Delgada
Ponta Delgada (; ) is the largest municipality (''concelho'') and economic capital of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in Portugal. It is located on São Miguel Island, the largest and most populous in the archipelago. As of 2021, it has 67,287 inhabitants, in an area of . There are 17,629 residents in the three central Freguesia (Portugal), civil parishes that comprise the historical city: São Pedro (Ponta Delgada), São Pedro, São Sebastião (Ponta Delgada), São Sebastião, and São José (Ponta Delgada), São José. Ponta Delgada became the region's administrative capital under the Political status of the Autonomous Region of the Azores, revised constitution of 1976; the judiciary and Catholic episcopal see, See remained in the historical capital of Angra do Heroísmo while the Legislative Assembly of the Azores was established in Horta (Azores), Horta. History The origin of the placename Ponta Delgada (Portuguese for ''delicate or thin point'') was elaborated by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rui Gonçalves Da Câmara
Rui Gonçalves da Câmara (c. 1430 – 27 November 1497), was the second son of João Gonçalves Zarco, and inherited the title of Donatary-Captain of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Rui Gonçalves da Câmara was made the third person to administer/manage the colonization of the island of São Miguel by regal charter on 10 March 1474 (becoming the first of the family Gonçalves da Câmara to obtain this title). After his 21-year mandate to administer the island of São Miguel, in which he was successful in promoting and establishing settlements throughout the colony, the Vila Franca do Campo received a foral (''charter'') as town. Biography Early life Rui Gonçalves da Câmara was the son of João Gonçalves Zarco, one of the men identified in the discovery of the archipelago of Madeira.Carlos Melo Bento (2008), p.23 Rui da Câmara married Maria de Bettencourt. Rui Gonçalves became a squire in the House of D. Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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SMG may refer to: Organizations * Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau, Direcção dos Serviços Meteorológicos e Geofisicos * Science Museum Group, UK * Scottish Minorities Group, later Outright Scotland * SGM Light, a Danish manufacturer of LED lighting * SMG plc, later STV Group plc, Scotland * SMG (property management) * SMG Studio, game developer based in Sydney, Australia * Southall Monitoring Group * Spaceflight Meteorology Group, US * Starcom Mediavest Group * Suzuki Motor Gujarat * UN Senior Management Group Media * Shanghai Media Group * Scandinavian Music Group, a Finnish pop/rock band * Sex Machineguns, a Japanese metal band * ''Super Mario Galaxy'', a video game Transport * St Margarets railway station (London), by National Rail station code * Sumang LRT station, Singapore, by LRT station abbreviation Other uses * Stoke Mandeville Games, a yearly recurring sports event started in 1948 in UK, that later became international and recognized as the Summe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Ponta may refer to: Ponta, Portuguese for "point" or promontory, is a part of many Portuguese and Brazilian toponyms: * Ponta, Texas * Ponta Grossa, a city in Brazil * Ponta Pelada Airport, an airport in Brazil * Ponta Porã International Airport, the airport serving Ponta Porã, Brazil * Ponta Porã, a municipality in Brazil * Victor Ponta (born 1972), Romanian politician See also * Ponta Cabinet (other) * Ponta Delgada (other) Ponta Delgada is the largest city and administrative capital of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in Portugal. Ponta Delgada may also refer to: * Ponta Delgada (district), a former district in the Azores, centered on the city * Ponta Delgada, ... * Punta (other) * - includes many geographical locations {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of The Jesuit College (Ponta Delgada)
The Church of the Jesuit College ( pt, Igreja do Colégio dos Jesuítas de Ponta Delgada), is a church in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, in the civil parish of São Sebastião, part of the historic centre of regional centre. It was also known as the ''Church of All Saints'' ( pt, Igreja de Todos-os-Santos), when the temple was constructed by the early settlers to the island. History The first record associated with the College Church came from a deed on 26 November 1568 by João Lopes, who willed a 20-year allotment of 30 móios of wheat to the ''Company of Jesus'', until such time a college was founded. A similar proposal was made by the College of São Lourenço in Porto, and later Grégorio Afonso provided one moio of wheat in his testament of 23 March 1572. The first Jesuits arrived in Angra do Heroísmo on 1 July 1570, two priests then travelled to São Miguel between August and September of the same year. Three priests travelling to Angra between 1572-1573 were forced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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SMG may refer to: Organizations * Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau, Direcção dos Serviços Meteorológicos e Geofisicos * Science Museum Group, UK * Scottish Minorities Group, later Outright Scotland * SGM Light, a Danish manufacturer of LED lighting * SMG plc, later STV Group plc, Scotland * SMG (property management) * SMG Studio, game developer based in Sydney, Australia * Southall Monitoring Group * Spaceflight Meteorology Group, US * Starcom Mediavest Group * Suzuki Motor Gujarat * UN Senior Management Group Media * Shanghai Media Group * Scandinavian Music Group, a Finnish pop/rock band * Sex Machineguns, a Japanese metal band * ''Super Mario Galaxy'', a video game Transport * St Margarets railway station (London), by National Rail station code * Sumang LRT station, Singapore, by LRT station abbreviation Other uses * Stoke Mandeville Games, a yearly recurring sports event started in 1948 in UK, that later became international and recognized as the Summe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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SMG may refer to: Organizations * Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau, Direcção dos Serviços Meteorológicos e Geofisicos * Science Museum Group, UK * Scottish Minorities Group, later Outright Scotland * SGM Light, a Danish manufacturer of LED lighting * SMG plc, later STV Group plc, Scotland * SMG (property management) * SMG Studio, game developer based in Sydney, Australia * Southall Monitoring Group * Spaceflight Meteorology Group, US * Starcom Mediavest Group * Suzuki Motor Gujarat * UN Senior Management Group Media * Shanghai Media Group * Scandinavian Music Group, a Finnish pop/rock band * Sex Machineguns, a Japanese metal band * ''Super Mario Galaxy'', a video game Transport * St Margarets railway station (London), by National Rail station code * Sumang LRT station, Singapore, by LRT station abbreviation Other uses * Stoke Mandeville Games, a yearly recurring sports event started in 1948 in UK, that later became international and recognized as the Summe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Real
The ''real'' (, meaning "royal", plural: ''réis'' or rchaic''reais'') was the unit of currency of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire from around 1430 until 1911. It replaced the '' dinheiro'' at the rate of 1 real = 840 dinheiros and was itself replaced by the ''escudo'' (as a result of the Republican revolution of 1910) at a rate of 1 escudo = 1000 réis. The ''escudo'' was further replaced by the euro at a rate of 1 euro = 200.482 ''escudos'' in 2002. History The first ''real'' was introduced by King Fernando I around 1380.Numária nacional Tesouros Numismáticos Portugueses It was a silver coin and had a value of 120 '' dinheiros'' (10 ''soldos'' or ''libra''). In the reign of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro II Of Portugal
''Dom'' Pedro II (Peter II; 26 April 1648 – 9 December 1706), nicknamed "the Pacific", was King of Portugal from 1683 until his death, previously serving as regent for his brother Afonso VI from 1668 until his own accession. He was the fifth and last child of John IV and Luisa de Guzmán. Early life Third son of King John IV and Queen Luisa, Peter was created Duke of Beja and Lord of the House of the Infantado. Following his father's death, his mother became regent for the new king Afonso VI, Peter's elder, partially paralysed, and mentally unstable brother. In 1662 Afonso put his mother away in a convent and assumed control of the state. In January 1668, shortly before Spanish recognition of Portugal's restoration of independence, Peter acquired political ascendancy over his brother and was appointed regent, banishing Afonso to the Azores and, later, Sintra where he died in 1683. Peter thereupon inherited the throne. Peter not only inherited his brother's throne but also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Rodrigo Da Câmara
José Rodrigo da Câmara (1665 - 1724), member of the Azorean dynastic Câmara family, he was son of Manuel Luís Baltazar da Câmara (first Count of Ribeira Grande), and by extension the second Count, and 11th Donatary Captain of the island of São Miguel. He spend little time in the Azores. Biography Early life Born in the Azores, nonetheless he was raised and educated, for the most part, in Lisbon. His father died when he was eight years old, and he was invested in the title of Donatary-Captain of the island, under the administration of his ''ouvidores'' (''councillors'') who responded to his mother and tutor.Carlos Melo Bento (2008), p.53 At the age of 19 he married in Paris, by civil union, the Princess Constance Émilie de Rohan, daughter of the French House of Rohan and Prince of Soubise, with his godparents the King of France. Donatário He spent little time in the Captaincy of the São Miguel, and only briefly between 1691 and 1693, then around 1701.Melo Bento (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Da Anunciada
Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; french: Thérèse) is a feminine given name. It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Greek θερίζω (''therízō'') "to harvest or reap", or from θέρος (''theros'') "summer". It is first recorded in the form ''Therasia'', the name of Therasia of Nola, an aristocrat of the 4th century. Its popularity outside of Iberia increased because of saint Teresa of Ávila, and more recently Thérèse of Lisieux and Mother Teresa. In the United States it was ranked as the 852nd most popular name for girls born in 2008, down from 226th in 1992 (it ranked 65th in 1950, and 102nd in 1900). Spelled "Teresa," it was the 580th most popular name for girls born in 2008, down from 206th in 1992 (it ranked 81st in 1950, and 220th in 1900). People In aristocracy: *Teresa of Portugal (other) ** Theresa, Countess of Portugal (1080–1130), mother of Afonso Henriques, the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protestant Reformation
The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in particular to papal authority, arising from what were perceived to be errors, abuses, and discrepancies by the Catholic Church. The Reformation was the start of Protestantism and the split of the Western Church into Protestantism and what is now the Roman Catholic Church. It is also considered to be one of the events that signified the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the early modern period in Europe.Davies ''Europe'' pp. 291–293 Prior to Martin Luther, there were many earlier reform movements. Although the Reformation is usually considered to have started with the publication of the '' Ninety-five Theses'' by Martin Luther in 1517, he was not excommunicated by Pope Leo X until January 1521. The Diet of Worms of May 1521 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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