Keyword: wandering image
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 da Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Ajuda APL 1325
FURTADO-BRUM, Ângela, Açores: Lendas e outras histórias, , Ribeiro & Caravana editores, 1999, 157-158 Santa Cruz Da Graciosa (SANTA CRUZ DA GRACIOSA)An image of Our Lady appeared near the top of a mountain then called Viola in the place of Caminho Velho. The parish priest took to the church, but the image disappeared …
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 de Silvares APL 275
AA. VV., -, Douro Litoral, 2ª Série, V, , s/ed., 1946, 66 Silvares (LOUSADA)The image of this Saint appeared on a hill located between two parishes, Silvares and Our Lady of Idaes. That is why the hill is called The Hill of the …
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 …
Lenda de Nosso Senhor da Agonia – Avelal APL 142
SOUSA, Albano Martins de, Terras do Concelho de Sátão, , Câmara Municipal do Concelho de Sátão, 1991, 343 Avelal (SÁTÃO)A rider cries for Our Lord of the Agony when his horse is about to have him falling from a cliff. The horse stops and the imprint of its hoofs …
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 S. Miguel Arcanjo APL 1400
FURTADO-BRUM, Ângela, Açores: Lendas e outras histórias, , Ribeiro & Caravana editores, 1999, 243 São Roque Do Pico (SÃO ROQUE DO PICO)In the end of the 16th century the chapel of the Archangel St. Michael stood in a windy and deserted hill, difficult to reach. At some point, the image disappeared and was …
Lenda de Santa Marinha APL 234
VALLE, Carlos, Revista de Etnografia 26, Tradições Populares de Vila Nova de Gaia - Narrações Lendárias, , Junta Distrital do Porto, 1969, 423-424 VILA NOVA DE GAIA (PORTO)The image was in the church of Sandim, it is taken by the flood to Crestuma, where it is found and taken to the local church. “She” decides to remain …
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 …
A lenda de st. combinha APL 540
CRUZ, Julio, Lendas Lafonenses, , AVIZ / Clube de Ambiente e Património da Escola Secundária de Vouzela / ADRL, 1998, 25 Cambra (VOUZELA)The image appeared on the slope of a hill, now called Slope of St. Combinha. As soon as it was taken to the church it disappeared and reappeared where it …
Lenda de São Saturnino — Pedrosas APL 140
SOUSA, Albano Martins de, Terras do Concelho de Sátão, , Câmara Municipal do Concelho de Sátão, 1991, 340-341 SÁTÃO (VISEU)During times of getting back the lands from the Moors, a Moorish servant of a Christian master found the image of St. Saturnino on top of a hill and he …
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 N. Srª dos Envendos, ou Emendos APL 1448
AGOSTINHO DE SANTA MARIA, Fr., Santuário Mariano, , Imperitura, 2007 [1711], tomo VII, parte IV, Ch. XXI, pp. 453-457 Requeixo (AVEIRO)
A little shepherdess finds an image of Our Lady in a thicket of young oak trees. The image asks the girl if she will delouse her. Eventually the image …
Da milagrosa Imagem de nossa Senhora da Atalaya, da Aldeã Galega de Riba Tejo APL 1445
AGOSTINHO DE SANTA MARIA, Fr., Santuário Mariano, , Imperitura, 2007 [1711], tomo II, parte II, Ch. LV, pp. 407-411 Montijo (MONTIJO)An image of the Lady appears on a mastic tree (aroeira), near a fountain, and it is transferred to a stand, near the tree. As the devotion grows, a church is …
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. …
Ermida de Nossa Senhora do Livramento APL 1351
FURTADO-BRUM, Ângela, Açores: Lendas e outras histórias, , Ribeiro & Caravana editores, 1999, 188 Velas (São Jorge) (VELAS)A long time ago someone who went after some cow or so and he found an image of Our Lady of Deliverance at the foot of the hill. He took …
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 …
S. Bento da Porta Aberta APL 878
CAMPELO, Álvaro, Lendas do Vale do Minho, , Associação de Municípios do Vale do Minho, 2002, 145 Cossourado (PAREDES DE COURA)The saint disappears from the church in Cossourado, to be found on the top of a tree, days in a row. The puzzlled inhabitants decide to open a barred door …
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 …