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GPS 32.82890821435038, -16.985413645614987

The story goes that the current church stands on the site of a chapel that was built in the early years of the 16th century. According to Henrique Henriques de Noronha, its builder was the sesmeiro Manoel Affonso de Sanha, “squire of the Infante D. Fernando, Pay d'El Rey D. Manoel” who “resided in this part where he was given many lands in 1469 , whose third he became morgado in his descendants by the will with which he died on April 1, 1507”.

The chapel of Senhor Bom Jesus – an image of the height of a man, crucified – was “the center of a populated farm, forming the primitive nucleus of inhabitants that would constitute the future parish”, which would happen in 1577.

Accompanying the development of the place, elevated to parish in 1552, the original chapel underwent works throughout the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, having become “one of the most beautiful temples in the North of the Island” having, according to Artur Sarmento, “paintings of value and the enduring work of carving that most stood out in the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament”.

On July 12, 1908, a fire devoured the church, barely sparing “an image of the Lord Jesus, part of the sacristy with some vestments and parish archives”, as reported by Diário Popular, in its July 14 edition. of the vicar, Father Casimiro de Abreu, in 1910, the Church of Ponta Delgada is “solemnly sacred in 1919”.

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Legend of Senhor Bom Jesus

“In Ponta Delgada da Madeira there is an interesting legend that the people have been telling for many, many years. , while the parish church was not erected, built in 1636 and enlarged in 1700. Much decorated and improved, the fire almost completely consumed it on one day in July 1908. In that church, a very old and miraculous image of Senhor Bom Jesus, who is the protagonist of the legend that we are about to tell. And even today, thanks to the miracle that brought money, people from all over the island continue to flock there. But let's take the words of Henrique Henriques de Noronha, just as he says he heard the legend:«The image of the Lord is the stature of a man, crucified, and the material from which it was formed is wood, but so devout and so greatly perfect at the sight of which hearts melt and tears melt in the eyes», being considered one of the most beautiful religious images in the entire island of Madeira. a wooden box washed ashore in the northern seas, near Ponta Delgada beach, «around 1540, when the kingdom of England suffered the greatest persecution of Heresy, by Henry VIII». de Aguiar, Henriques de Noronha in leading him to note, not having discovered, «however, no memory, which thus certifies it as well as we do not find it to the contrary, but being uniform and constant the tradition, we suppose it true, by the assertion of the peoples, who with living faith have received it".

Versão portuguesa aqui.

GPS 32.82890821435038, -16.985413645614987

The story goes that the current church stands on the site of a chapel that was built in the early years of the 16th century. According to Henrique Henriques de Noronha, its builder was the sesmeiro Manoel Affonso de Sanha, “squire of the Infante D. Fernando, Pay d'El Rey D. Manoel” who “resided in this part where he was given many lands in 1469 , whose third he became morgado in his descendants by the will with which he died on April 1, 1507”.

The chapel of Senhor Bom Jesus – an image of the height of a man, crucified – was “the center of a populated farm, forming the primitive nucleus of inhabitants that would constitute the future parish”, which would happen in 1577.

Accompanying the development of the place, elevated to parish in 1552, the original chapel underwent works throughout the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, having become “one of the most beautiful temples in the North of the Island” having, according to Artur Sarmento, “paintings of value and the enduring work of carving that most stood out in the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament”.

On July 12, 1908, a fire devoured the church, barely sparing “an image of the Lord Jesus, part of the sacristy with some vestments and parish archives”, as reported by Diário Popular, in its July 14 edition. of the vicar, Father Casimiro de Abreu, in 1910, the Church of Ponta Delgada is “solemnly sacred in 1919”.

Curiosities

Legend of Senhor Bom Jesus

“In Ponta Delgada da Madeira there is an interesting legend that the people have been telling for many, many years. , while the parish church was not erected, built in 1636 and enlarged in 1700. Much decorated and improved, the fire almost completely consumed it on one day in July 1908. In that church, a very old and miraculous image of Senhor Bom Jesus, who is the protagonist of the legend that we are about to tell. And even today, thanks to the miracle that brought money, people from all over the island continue to flock there. But let's take the words of Henrique Henriques de Noronha, just as he says he heard the legend:«The image of the Lord is the stature of a man, crucified, and the material from which it was formed is wood, but so devout and so greatly perfect at the sight of which hearts melt and tears melt in the eyes», being considered one of the most beautiful religious images in the entire island of Madeira. a wooden box washed ashore in the northern seas, near Ponta Delgada beach, «around 1540, when the kingdom of England suffered the greatest persecution of Heresy, by Henry VIII». de Aguiar, Henriques de Noronha in leading him to note, not having discovered, «however, no memory, which thus certifies it as well as we do not find it to the contrary, but being uniform and constant the tradition, we suppose it true, by the assertion of the peoples, who with living faith have received it".