Church of Our Lady of Light (Main Chapel and tomb of the Infanta D. Maria, Daughter of King D. Manuel I)

Category: Religious Architecture > Church

District: Lisboa > Lisboa > Lisboa > Carnide

Location

Carnide Parish, Lisbon, Portugal.

Alternative Names

Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Luz, Convent of Nossa Senhora da Luz, Parish Church of Carnide.

Classification as a National Monument

, Tomb of Infanta D. Maria: Classified in 1910.

, Chancel: Classified in 1923.

Construction History

, Built between 1575 and 1596.

, Initiative of Infanta D. Maria, daughter of King D. Manuel I.

, Project by Jerónimo de Ruão.

, Site where a hermitage had existed since 1464, next to a spring of water with medicinal properties.

Legend of Pero Martins

, Pero Martins, imprisoned in Africa, had visions of the Virgin Mary who would free him if he built a hermitage in Carnide.

, Freed, he found the image of Nossa Senhora da Luz near the miraculous spring and built the hermitage in 1464.

Destruction and Reconstruction

, The church was destroyed in the 1755 earthquake.

, Only the transept and the chancel survived.

Chancel

, Portuguese Mannerist style.

, Vault with marble coffers.

, Marble sides with niches and statues.

, Tomb of Infanta D. Maria.

, Gilded wood altarpiece with paintings by Francisco Venegas and Diogo Teixeira.

Points of Interest

, Paintings on the side altars.

, Manueline vestiges at the fountain.

Parish of Carnide

, The church has been the seat of the parish since 1918.

Sources: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igreja_de_Nossa_Senhora_da_Luz_(Carnide)

License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.pt