With the invocation of our Lady of health, the venerated image was placed in the chapel of St. Andrew ... ... The truth is that since the terrible year of the plague of 1599 never the people of London stopped by our Lady of health a special veneration, as occurs mainly during the annual party dedicated to him, on the first Sunday of September.In 1863, the parish seat was transferred to the Church of the convent and this, in turn, with the exception of the Church and its annexes belonging to array, was delivered to the Ministry of War, by Decree of 1877. On the premises of this Convent is now the School of Material and service previously heavy artillery Headquarters No. 1.

The convent was situated Extra Muros and, in the area we now call Sacavém de Baixo, in hill overlooking the Trancão River.

Although sparse documentation on Sacavém de Cima, we know, however, that it was the oldest settlement and intramural. However, there are no any traces of Castle or walls that the top part of the medieval village, where the Church was located very close to the Chapel of St. Andrew, currently known as our Lady of health and in whose vicinity, circa 1940, met abundant bones when plumbing in place.

We know, however, that the earthquake of 1755 destroyed almost completely this parish, ruining the Church that collapsed, passing the parish seat for the chapel of Our Lady of victory, provisionally until settling in the Church of the Convent in London, where it is currently.

Our Lady, the old

The image of the Blessed Virgin was in a cpela side of the Seville Cathedral in Spain. This Cathedral was rebuilt in the 14th century, keeping the image, which thus came to be called Santa Maria, the old, I mean, the old cathedral.

Santa Maria, the old, was the first devotion arrival in Panama in 1510. He settled first in the town of Darien, This occurred when that year reached Vasco Nunes de Balboa and Martin Fernandez de Enciso. Had promised the Virgin by its name in the village if they came out with a fierce battle that had with the natives. So, after the victory of the village Chieftain Cémaco was named Santa Maria.

On 9 September 1513, Pope Leo X created the first diocese in the Mainland in Santa Maria, the old and the chapel of the Virgin was elevated to a cathedral.
On 15 August 1519 founded Panama City and honor our Lady of the summer, but in 1524, the diocese of Santa Maria, the former if he attended to the city recently founded. Devotion also accompanies our Lady. Today the nation's patron saint.

Our Lady Of Achiropita

In 580 ad, Captain Maurice, diverted by the winds, reached a Calabrian village, in Italy. The monk Éfrem went to meet him and said: "it wasn't the wind that led you here, but Our Madam, for you – once Emperor-you build a temple". In 582, Maurice became in fact Emperor and, yielding to the insistence of the monk, decreed the construction of the sanctuary, which quickly came to an end.
A strange fact drew the attention of the community. The statue of our Lady which was painted during the day, at night it disappears from the screen.
A night of Improv, appeared a beautiful lady who spoke with the guard and asked to enter the sanctuary. And as she took out, worried, he entered and found that Lady, but saw that it was painted on the bottom of the inner wall of the temple, a beautiful image of our Lady. To know that, the people came to that place and, between tears and corners, acclaimed: Achiropita. Achiropita. Meaning: image painted by the hand of man.

Our Lady of Aparecida (12/10)

A statue of the Virgin Mary was found by fishermen in the river Paraiba on 12 October 1717, and was called Nossa Senhora Aparecida. Having been assigned her miracles, in 1888 built a temple, now known as "old basilica", where she was taken. In 1904, the statue was adorned with a Golden Crown offered by Princess Isabel. In 1929, Nossa Senhora Aparecida was proclaimed "Queen of Brazil".Current monumental basilica was consecrated by Pope John Paul 2nd in 1980. Nossa Senhora Aparecida is the patron of Brazil (source: SGARBOSSA, Mario and Luigi – a Holy GIOVANNINI for each day, Sao Paulo: Paulus, 1983, 9th ed.)

Our Lady Announced

In Setúbal, Portugal, the devotion to Mary under the title Announced. This name, according to tradition, was born from the "announcement" a ruse to come across small image depicting the mother of God.

A poor woman used to go to the beach to look for firewood to cook or to warm up. One of the times, to light the fire, when he put the sticks to feed the flames, one of them jumped to the middle of the House. Nothing suspicious, the old woman put it on the stove. Again the stick jumped away, played by an invisible force. This happened three times, which aroused the curiosity of that lady. She picked up the stick, to closely examine what forced jump. He noted that this is not a cavaco any but a small image of the mother of God.

Was inlaid on that cock boy, measuring approximately "one-third inch" as reports of José Custódio Vieira da Silva, in Setúbal, 1990. Surprised, the lady screamed: "Virgin Announced". Hurried out, "announced" to the fact that neighbouring prodigious. Hence the origin of the name. The pious companions went to see Mrs. All the people of Setúbal and some priests were checking it.Ecclesiastics deliberated that the santa image in convenient place.