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One fact often debated is the origin of the name "Azores" used to identify the archipelago. By 1492, in the globe of Martin Behaim, the eastern and central group of islands were referred to as Insulae Azore ("Islands of the Azores"), while the islands of western group were called the Insulae Flores ("Islands of Flowers").
Spain held the Azores under the Iberian Union from 1580 to 1642 (called the "Babylonian captivity" in the Azores). The Azores were the last part of the Portuguese Empire to resist Philip's reign over Portugal (Macau resisted any official recognition), until the defeat of forces loyal to the Prior of Crato with the Conquest of the Azores in 1583.
Maria Espinosa (mother) António Cordeiro (c.1641; Angra – 2 February 1722; Lisbon ) was a Portuguese Catholic priest in the Society of Jesus , Azorean historian , author of the classical chronicle Historia Insulana , and first to publish a public opinion on the form of governance for the archipelago of the Azores .
According to oral tradition, the holy icon was sculpted by Joseph the carpenter, in Nazareth, when Jesus was still a baby. A few decades later Luke the Evangelist painted it. This would makes it one of the most ancient images venerated by Christians and the first depiction of Mary and Jesus.
The modern façade of the College Church: reconstructed after 10 January 1637 General view of the interior. 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. [1]
Local residents tell different stories as to the origin of the name: one story claims that in the 16th century a boat containing Jewish refugees was caught in a storm and the refugees were forced to settle in Porto Judeu rather than the capital of the Azores, while a different story claims that the first Portuguese settlers were afraid and told ...
Maria de Jesus wrote to her father, Jorge de Mota, asking that four of his daughters be allowed to remain, while the town council requested alms to support the women. [1] After a month, two daughters of João de Arruda da Costa, from Vila Franca do Campo, also took up shelter on the site, followed by other devout women.
As part of his inheritance, King Edward of Portugal bequeathed the islands of the Azores to his brother, the Infante D. Henriques (Henry the Navigator), in 1433.This was subsequently left to Henry's nephew and adopted son, Infante D. Fernando, in addition to Henry's title as Grand Master of the Order of Christ.