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Santa Luzia (other)
Santa Luzia is Portuguese for Saint Lucy, and may refer to any of the following: Places Brazil * Santa Luzia, Bahia, a municipality in the State of Bahia * Santa Luzia, Maranhão, a municipality in the State of Maranhão * Santa Luzia, Minas Gerais, a municipality in the State of Minas Gerais * Santa Luzia, Paraíba, a municipality in the State of Paraíba * Santa Luzia d'Oeste, a municipality in the State of Rondônia * Santa Luzia do Paruá, a municipality in the State of Maranhão Cape Verde * Santa Luzia, Cape Verde, an uninhabited island of the Barlavento chain Portugal * Santa Luzia, a former civil parish, now part of Garvão e Santa Luzia, in the municipality of Ourique * Santa Luzia (Tavira), a civil parish in the municipality of Tavira Azores * Santa Luzia (Angra do Heroísmo), a civil parish in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira * Santa Luzia (São Roque do Pico), a civil parish in the municipality of São Roque do Pico, Pico Madeira * Santa Luzia (Fun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Lucy
Lucia of Syracuse ( – 304 AD), also called Saint Lucia () and better known as Saint Lucy, was a Roman people, Roman Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint in Catholic Church, Catholic, Anglicanism, Anglican, Lutheranism, Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Christianity. She is one of eight women (including Mary, mother of Jesus, the Virgin Mary) explicitly commemorated by Catholics in the Canon of the Mass. Her traditional feast day, known in Europe as Saint Lucy's Day, is observed by Western Christianity, Western Christians on 13 December. Lucia of Syracuse was honored in the Middle Ages and remained a well-known saint in early modern England. She is one of the best known virgin martyrs, along with Agatha of Sicily, Agnes of Rome, Saint Cecilia, Cecilia of Rome, and Catherine of Alexandria. Sources The oldest record of her story comes from the fifth-century ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Luzia, Bahia
Santa Luzia is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Bahia This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Bahia (BA), located in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Bahia is divided into 417 municipalities, which were, until 2017, grouped into 32 microregions, which were grouped into 7 mesoregions. ... References Municipalities in Bahia {{Bahia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Luzia, Maranhão
Santa Luzia is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Maranhão This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Maranhão (MA), located in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Maranhão is divided into 217 municipalities, which are grouped into 21 microregions, which are grouped into 5 mesoregions. S ... References Municipalities in Maranhão {{Maranhão-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Luzia, Minas Gerais
Santa Luzia is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. Its population in 2020 was 220,444. See also * List of municipalities in Minas Gerais This is a list of the municipalities in the States of Brazil, state of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast Region of Brazil. Minas Gerais is divided into 853 Municipalities of Brazil, municipalities, ... References Municipalities in Minas Gerais {{MinasGerais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Luzia, Paraíba
Santa Luzia is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Paraíba This is a list of the municipalities in the States of Brazil, state of Paraíba, Paraíba (PB), located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of Brazil. Paraíba is divided into 223 Municipalities of Brazil, municipalities, which are g ... References Municipalities in Paraíba {{Paraíba-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Luzia D'Oeste
Santa Luzia d'Oeste is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population is 6,216 (2020) and its area is 1,198 km².IBGE /ref> See also * List of municipalities in Rondônia This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Rondônia (RO), located in the North Region of Brazil. Rondônia is divided into 52 municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, c ... References Municipalities in Rondônia {{Rondônia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Luzia Do Paruá
Santa Claus (also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle or Santa) is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Christmas Eve. Christmas elves are said to make the gifts in Santa's workshop, while flying reindeer pull his sleigh through the air. The popular conception of Santa Claus originates from folklore traditions surrounding the 4th-century Christian bishop Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of children. Saint Nicholas became renowned for his reported generosity and secret gift-giving. The image of Santa Claus shares similarities with the English figure of Father Christmas, and they are both now popularly regarded as the same person. Santa is generally depicted as a portly, jolly, white-bearded man, often with spectacles, wearing a red coat with white fur collar and cuffs, white-fur-cuffed red trousers, a red hat trimmed with white fur, a black leath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Luzia, Cape Verde
Santa Luzia is an island of the Barlavento Islands, Barlavento archipelago in Cape Verde located between São Nicolau, Cape Verde, São Nicolau and São Vicente, Cape Verde, São Vicente, the channel of Santa Luzia separates the island of São Vicente and is 8 km wide. The area is 34.2 km2.Resolução nº 36/2016 Estratégia e Plano Nacional de Negócios das Áreas Protegidas Like all Cape Verdean islands, it is of volcanic origin. The highest point is Topona (elevation ). Santa Luzia is 12.4 km long and 5.3 km wide.Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Cape Verde), Insti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ourique
Ourique (), officially the Town of Ourique (), is a List of municipalities of Portugal, city in the District of Beja (Portugal), District of Beja in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,389, in an area of 663.31 km2. This town is traditionally considered the site of the famous Battle of Ourique in 1139, which saw the forces of Portuguese Prince Afonso Henriques defeat a Muslim Almoravid force. The present Mayor is Marcelo Guerreiro, elected by the Socialist Party (Portugal), Socialist Party, who became the youngest Mayor in Portugal, aged 25, in 2015. The municipal holiday is September 8. Battle of Ourique There is no certainty about the exact location of the battle of Ourique, although it is typically said to have taken place in the countryside between the towns of Castro Verde and Ourique. Five Muslim kings allied their forces against the Portuguese army, but after a terrible and lengthy fight, the allied forces became scattered in the Alentejo plains. This would later b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Luzia (Tavira)
Santa Luzia is a ''freguesia'' (parish) in the municipality of Tavira (Algarve The Algarve (, , ) is the southernmost NUTS statistical regions of Portugal, NUTS II region of continental Portugal. It has an area of with 467,495 permanent inhabitants and incorporates 16 municipalities (concelho, ''concelhos'' or ''município ..., Portugal). The population in 2011 was 1,455, in an area of 8.50 km2. It is considered the "capital do Polvo" or "capital of octopus" which is a local speciality. References Freguesias of Tavira Towns in Portugal {{Faro-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Luzia (Angra Do Heroísmo)
Santa Luzia ( Portuguese for Saint Lucy) is a parish in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo on the island of Terceira, in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 2,755, in an area of 1.26 km2. It is the smallest parish in Angra do Heroísmo. Part of its territory integrates the historical center of the city of Angra do Heroísmo classified as UNESCO World Heritage. Its built heritage includes the monument Memória a D. Pedro IV, the mansion Madre de Deus, the Church of Santa Luzia and Angra do Heroísmo Cultural and Congress Center. History Of the five civil parishes that constitute the urban area of Angra do Heroísmo, Santa Luzia is the most recent, founded in the first years of the Iberian Union (on 18 August 1595). It was Bishop Manuel de Gouveia (then bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Luzia (São Roque Do Pico)
Santa Luzia ( Portuguese for Saint Lucia) is a civil parish in the municipality of São Roque do Pico in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 422, in an area of 30.13 km2. It is the northernmost parish on the island. The Pico Airport is in this parish and neighbouring Bandeiras to the west in the municipality of Madalena. It contains the localities Arcos, Canto do Mistério, Fetais, Lajido, Lajido do Meio, Meio Mundo, Miraguaia, Ponta da Baixa, Ponta Negra, Rua de Cima and Santa Luzia. Geography Santa Luzia is located on the northern coast of the island and is connected by the road encircling the island to its neighbors: Bandeiras in the west, and Santo António Santo António (Portuguese for Saint Anthony), also known as Santo António do Príncipe, is the main settlement of the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe. It lies on the north east coast. It is the capital of the Autonomous Region ... in the east. The area is relatively hilly and gradually sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
