Keyword: chapel
Lenda da Caldeira do Santo Cristo APL 1366
FURTADO-BRUM, Ângela, Açores: Lendas e outras histórias, , Ribeiro & Caravana editores, 1999, 203-204 Calheta (CALHETA DE SÃO JORGE)A man finds a crucifix in the water of a "caldeira", a lake in the bottom of an old crater. He took it home but the next day the statue was …
[A fuga da imagem de Nossa Senhora] APL 795
PARAFITA, Alexandre, Património Imaterial do Douro - Narrações Orais (contos, lendas, mitos) Vol. 1, , Fundação Museu do Douro, 2007, 211 Távora (TABUAÇO)Our Lady of Delights (Prazeres), also known as Our Lady of Calfao, was the patron saint of a chapel - now a ruin - standing on a small hill near …
Lenda de nossa senhora da guia APL 161
AA. VV., -, Lendas e Tradições, , EBM's de Guadalupe, S. Sebastião da Giesteira e Valverde, 1999, 13 São Sebastião Da Giesteira (ÉVORA)This happened a long time ago, we don't know how many years ago, when there appeared among some trees which they call wild walnut trees, near, an image to which …
São Torcato trocado por um burro APL 733
PARAFITA, Alexandre, Património Imaterial do Douro - Narrações Orais (contos, lendas, mitos) Vol. 1, , Fundação Museu do Douro, 2007, 135 Barcos (TABUAÇO)A man made a deal with a gipsy, exchanging one of his own sons for one of the gipsy's donkeys. The gipsy mistreated the child so much that he ran …
Lenda de Nossa Senhora das Brotas (1) APL 1549
DUARTE, Joaninha, A Luz da Cal ao Canto do Lume, , Colibri, 2009, 265 Brotas (MORA)Uma ocasião, um pastor que andava a guardar vacas, deu com uma vaca morta, caída numa barroca, no sítio onde hoje está a igreja. Como não podia perder tudo, começou …
N. Srª da Piedade do Lugar das Chãs APL 1447
AGOSTINHO DE SANTA MARIA, Fr., Santuário Mariano, , Imperitura, 2007 [1711], tomo III, parte II, Ch. XXXI, pp. 249-252 LAMEGO (VISEU)Image found among the brambles. When taken to the church, it returns to the brambles. Chapel built in the original spot. Note: in SM the image is carried by angels. …
Lenda de Nossa Senhora do Monte APL 1439
FONTES, Manuel da Costa, Portuguese Folktales in North America: Canada, , sem editora, s/d, 7A150:92 Duas Igrejas (MIRANDA DO DOURO)Dumb shepherdess finds image of Our Lady on broom blossomed out of season. The image talks to her and the girl recovers her speech. The lady gives the girl another …
Nossa Senhora da Conceição, em S. Mateus APL 1377
FURTADO-BRUM, Ângela, Açores: Lendas e outras histórias, , Ribeiro & Caravana editores, 1999, 219-220 São Mateus (MADALENA)Two priests lived in a place called St. Mateus and had a little chapel made for an image of Our Lady of Conception that belonged to them. When many years later …
Lenda de Santo Amaro da Ribeirinha APL 1308
FURTADO-BRUM, Ângela, Açores: Lendas e outras histórias, , Ribeiro & Caravana editores, 1999, 137-138 Ribeirinha (ANGRA DO HEROÍSMO)The image was found inside a box brought by the sea. The priest took the saint to the parish church, but it rolled down the rocks and would be found in a …
Lenda da Igreja de Santo António APL 1367
FURTADO-BRUM, Ângela, Açores: Lendas e outras histórias, , Ribeiro & Caravana editores, 1999, 204-205 Santo Antão (CALHETA DE SÃO JORGE)Until well into the 16th century there was a small chapel where St Anthony was revered, by the brook of St. Anton. At some point the saint disappeared and was …
Lenda de Santo Amaro de Ponta Delgada APL 1419
FURTADO-BRUM, Ângela, Açores: Lendas e outras histórias, , Ribeiro & Caravana editores, 1999, 268-269 Ponta Delgada (SANTA CRUZ DAS FLORES)A beautiful statue of St. Amaro was deposited by the sea on the stones near the shore. The image was taken to the parish church but it reappeared down at …
Da Imagem de N. Senhora de Chão Calvo, ou Chão de Calvos, no termo da villa de Mortágua APL 1449
AGOSTINHO DE SANTA MARIA, Fr., Santuário Mariano, , Imperitura, 2007 [1711], tomo IV, parte II, Ch. LXXVIII, pp. 582-589 Mortágua (MORTÁGUA)Fight for the ownership of the image between the villages of Sobral and Pala. A bald man (from Sobral) finds the image inside a chestnut tree. After being taken to …
Da milagrosa Imagem de N. Senhora dos Enfermos, no destrito da Freguesia do Almarge APL 1452
AGOSTINHO DE SANTA MARIA, Fr., Santuário Mariano, , Imperitura, 2007 [1711], tomo VII, parte II, Ch. II, pp. 189-195 Caneças (ODIVELAS)Tradition has it that the image disappeared from the parish of Almarge to be found on the trunk of a pine tree. But the author suspects that the image was …
Da milagrosa Imagem de nossa Senhora da Mouta do lugar de Gondolim, termo da Villa de Penacova APL 1451
AGOSTINHO DE SANTA MARIA, Fr., Santuário Mariano, , Imperitura, 2007 [1711], tomo VII, parte IV, Ch. XXIX, pp. 467-483 Penacova (PENACOVA)An image appears in a thicket of trees, inside an oak tree, on a hill. Local people were first attracted by the sound of a hand bell, but couldn’t find …
Da milagrosa Imagem de nossa Senhora da Oliveira do lugar de Matacaens APL 1453
AGOSTINHO DE SANTA MARIA, Fr., Santuário Mariano, , Imperitura, 2007 [1711], tomo VII, parte II, Ch. IV, pp. 200-206 Matacães (TORRES VEDRAS)Image of Our Lady appears on a huge olive tree, and disappears as soon as one attempts to fetch it her and take it to the local church. People take …
Da milagrosa Imagem de nossa Senhora de Ceiça, perto de Montemor APL 1446
AGOSTINHO DE SANTA MARIA, Fr., Santuário Mariano, , Imperitura, 2007 [1711], tomo IV, parte II, Ch. XVI, pp. 358-371 Montemor-O-Velho (MONTEMOR-O-VELHO)12th cent. miraculous image of Our Lady is kept in a chapel looked after by a hermit. King Sancho I has the image transferred to the church of a new …
Da milagrosa Imagem de nossa Senhora do Castello de Aljuster, em o Campo de Ourique APL 1443
AGOSTINHO DE SANTA MARIA, Fr., Santuário Mariano, , Imperitura, 2007 [1711], tomo VII, parte VI, Ch. IX, pp. 560-62 Aljustrel (ALJUSTREL)An image of Our Lady is found on a boulder on the hill of the now ruined castle of Aljustrel. Because it soon becomes the source of wonders, the priest …
Da milagrosa Imagem de nossa Senhora dos Anjos da Villa da Lourinhã APL 1450
AGOSTINHO DE SANTA MARIA, Fr., Santuário Mariano, , Imperitura, 2007 [1711], tomo II, parte I, Ch. XXXI, pp. 107-110 Lourinhã (LOURINHÃ)In 1490, the image is seen by a woman on a laurel tree, in a grove of those trees; she tells the parish priest who brings it to the church; …
Lenda da Senhora da Ribeira APL 292
ALVES, Maria da Piedade Lopes, Memória e Tradições, , DREC - CAEV coord. concelhia de Carregal do Sal, 1995, 33 Parada (CARREGAL DO SAL)An image is found on a boulder on the right margin of the river Mondego, in the parish of Parada. The population of the village of Sevilha (borough of Tabua, …
Lenda da Senhora de Alagada (2) APL 1136
HENRIQUES, Francisco , Contos Populares e Lendas dos Cortelhões e dos Plingacheiros, , Associação de Estudos do Alto Tejo, 2001, 306 Vila Velha De Ródão (VILA VELHA DE RÓDÃO)It is said that the image of Our Lady of Alagada (of the Flood) appeared in the hole of an olive tree, in the place where her chapel stands today. …
Dornes (1) APL 1537
PINHO LEAL, Augusto Soares d'Azevedo Barbosa de, Portugal Antigo e Moderno, , Livraria Editora Tavares Cardoso & Irmão, 2006 [1873], tomo II, p. 480 Dornes (FERREIRA DO ZÊZERE)A knight is surprised by a vision of the Virgin, standing with Jesus Christ in her arms. He notifies the queen about this episode and she raises a temple on …
A Ermida de Nossa Senhora dos Milagres APL 1433
FURTADO-BRUM, Ângela, Açores: Lendas e outras histórias, , Ribeiro & Caravana editores, 1999, 286-287 Corvo (CORVO)The image was found near the coast in a wooden box and the islanders made a humble chapel for her, following an inscription found with the image. People from Lisbon …
A Ermida de Santa Catarina nas Lajes APL 1383
FURTADO-BRUM, Ângela, Açores: Lendas e outras histórias, , Ribeiro & Caravana editores, 1999, 226 Prainha (SÃO ROQUE DO PICO)The image of St. Catherine was brought in by the sea to the Prainha (little beach) of Galeao. First the image was taken to the church of St. Francis in …
S. Tomé e a Manhenha APL 1396
FURTADO-BRUM, Ângela, Açores: Lendas e outras histórias, , Ribeiro & Caravana editores, 1999, 239 Lajes Do Pico (LAJES DO PICO)While ploughing the vine land of Manhenha, the labourers found an image of St. Thomas and handed it to the owner, who took it home, planning taking it to the …
Santa Iria e a sua capela APL 342
S/A, ., Lendas de Gondomar, , Câmara Municipal de Gondomar, 1995, 9 Melres (GONDOMAR)It is told that St. Iria had another six brothers and sisters (St. Dominic, St. Simeon, St. Barbara). They all wanted to be on the top of a chain of …
A Senhora dos Milagres no Cachorro APL 1402
FURTADO-BRUM, Ângela, Açores: Lendas e outras histórias, , Ribeiro & Caravana editores, 1999, 245 Santa Luzia (SÃO ROQUE DO PICO)The image of Our Lady of Miracles was placed in a new chapel on the way to Cachorro. But the image disappeared from her altar and appeared in a land …
Lenda da aparição de Nossa Senhora dos Milagres APL 539
CRUZ, Julio, Lendas Lafonenses, , AVIZ / Clube de Ambiente e Património da Escola Secundária de Vouzela / ADRL, 1998, 24 Campia (VOUZELA)Image of Our lady is first seen under a huge boulder near the village of Adside, by a blind man, therefore no-one believed it. He guided a few people to …