São Brás
Encyclopedia
There are parishes that have the name São Brás (Portuguese
for Saint Blaise
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Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
for Saint Blaise
Saint Blaise
Saint Blaise was a physician, and bishop of Sebastea . According to his Acta Sanctorum, he was martyred by being beaten, attacked with iron carding combs, and beheaded...
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In the Azores
- São BrásSão Brás (Praia da Vitória)São Brás is a civil parish in the municipality of Praia da Vitória on the Portuguese island of Terceira in the Azores. The landlocked parish, covers an area of 4.68 km² and its population in 2001 was just over 1012 inhabitants : it is the smallest parish within the municipality of Praia da...
, a parish in the district of Praia da VitóriaPraia da VitóriaPraia da Vitória is a municipality in Portugal's Autonomous Region of the Azores. The second largest administrative division on the island of Terceira, Praia da Vitória occupies the northern coast of the island and extends halfway into the interior having at its frontiers Pico Alto and the shield... - São BrásSão Brás (Ribeira Grande)São Brás is a parish in the district of Ribeira Grande in the Azores. The population in 2001 was 635, its density is 78.4/km² and the area is 8.1 km². São Brás is the smallest parish by population in Ribeira Grande....
, a parish in the district of Ribeira Grande
In Portugal
- São Brás, a parish in the municipality of AmadoraAmadoraAmadora is a city and a municipality in Portugal, in the northwest of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. The city and municipality population is 175,872 in eleven freguesias . With an area of 23.77 km², it is the most densely populated municipality of Portugal...