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The Church of Our Lady of Nazareth, built on the. XVIII is located in the district of Morro Vermelho (Red Hill). Its facade has three windows and over his plan is divided into nave and the choir has an altar with baroque carvings. Internally, the chapel has a mid-century painting of the nineteenth century that represents the source of all the cult of Our Lady of Nazareth.

In the chapel, behind the parapet wall, the painting depicts the four doctors of the Church: St. Gregory, St. Jerome, St. Ambrose and St. Augustine and the roofs of both nave and choir authorship suggest two different painters.

The cult of Our Lady of Nazareth is a miracle that occurred on September 14, 1182, in the fields of Nazareth, north of Lisbon. According to legend, Sun Fuas Roupinho, former governor of Porto de Mos, raced horses in the fields of Nazareth, chasing a stag, which suddenly disappeared. At this time, Knight had in mind the vision of a cliff and invoking the protection of the Virgin, made the horses stop at the edge, to save the life of Don Fuas. They say the captain general ordered the construction of the Chapel of the report that, over time, has undergone several changes to the century. Century a new church replaced the entire ancient monument. The devotion to Our Lady of Nazareth, in Minas Gerais is very old, but few churches built in the territory of the State.

Source: www.desvendar.com

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