Statues - Hither & Thither

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Fajã de Baixo
(Ponta Delgada)
São Miguel (ilha)
Reg. Aut. dos Açores

Rua São João de Deus ☐
(Casa de Saúde de São Miguel)

São João de Deus

Saint John of God

Montemor-o-Novo 1495 - Granada 1550
Portuguese-born soldier turned health-care worker in Spain, whose followers later formed the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God
(Wikipedia)

Padre David Ramos
1983

Description

Statue of Saint John of God with a sick man.

Inscription(s)

S. João de Deus
8 de Março
1495-1550

Casa de Saúde S. Miguel
Instituto S. João de Deus

"Fazei o bem, irmãos"

Escultor:

Pe. David Ramos, O.H.

1983

Sculptor

Padre David Ramos Fernandes O.H. (Bragança, Portugal, 1918 - Rebordaínhos, Arcos, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2005), Brazilean journalist, writer, musician and sculptor (Biography).

Sources & Information

João & Rita Freitas, Estatuária Micaelense (Ponta Delgada 2007) (also on-line in three parts at blogspot).

Locatie (N 37°45'14" - W 25°38'43") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac053; Photograph: 22 June 2016
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