Holy-Days and Holidays 



and a procession took place at the saint's altar 

 at the Soccorro Church, where the Chief Officer 

 of Health addressed him this, " Sir, until now, 

 I have guarded this city as well as 1 could ; I 

 can do no more. Here, take this wand of 

 office, and be you our Officer of Health." 

 He threw his wand on to the steps of the 

 altar ; and so the plague was stayed. 



Procession of Corpus Christi. — Ordered by the 

 laws of the realm in commemoration of the In- 

 stitution of the Sacrament of the Eucharist, and 

 carried out at the public expense. In it take 

 part the ecclesiastical, civil, and military autho- 

 rities, all the fraternities of the Holy Sacrament, 

 all the clergy, and all the military contingent 

 available. 



Procession of the Protection of Our Lady of the 

 Mount. — In fulfilment of a vow of the Bishop 

 and Chapter on the occasion of a flood in 

 1803, which destroyed more than five hundred 

 persons, completely inundating the greater part 

 of the City of Funchal, and carrying many 

 houses into the sea. It is celebrated on the 

 first Sunday after October 9 ; the clergy and 

 fraternities and a great concourse of people 

 take part in it. 



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