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Vasco Fernandes, better known as Grão Vasco, was one of the main Portuguese Renaissance painters.
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The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lapa and Residence of the Society of Jesus is a Christian sanctuary in the civil parish of Quintela, municipality of Sernancelhe of northern Portugal. The historical residence of the Society of Jesus, this site was transformed to support pilgrims to the site, and is marked by a chapel delineated by Corinthian columns, supporting plinths surmounted by simple frieze and cornice. The interior was decorated in azulejo tile of polychromatic vegetal design, with triumphal arch dividing the sanctuary from the college, identifiable by the large granite rock in its interior, where legend says the image of the Virgin Mary was first discovered. In this space is the oratory of Senhora das Dores with its nativity by António Ferreira. In the junction between presbytery and sacristy is the double-arched belfry. Also remarkable and unique for this site, and other buildings owned by the Society of Jesus, is the walkway that connects the residences of the complex with the church.
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Vasco Martins de Alvelos was a Portuguese prelate.
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- ↑ "Vasco Martins (bishop)". Catholic Hierarchy.
- ↑ G. IX, 6, 19. [ full citation needed ]
