{"id":39742,"date":"2024-01-18T13:45:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T13:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terracallaeci.pt\/?p=39742"},"modified":"2025-03-07T15:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T15:42:13","slug":"festa-de-s-sebastiao-em-vila-grande-de-dornelas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terracallaeci.pt\/en\/2024\/01\/festa-de-s-sebastiao-em-vila-grande-de-dornelas\/","title":{"rendered":"Feast of S. Sebasti\u00e3o in Vila Grande de Dornelas"},"content":{"rendered":"

The origins of this celebration are lost in time. Popular memory has it that during the French invasions, the people of Vila Grande saw soldiers passing by on a road near the villages of Couto de Dornelas<\/a> and knowing that wherever they went they were looting everything, they begged for divine protection. They picked up the image of S. Sebasti\u00e3o, took it out into the street, carried it up to the church tower and promised the saint that every year they would hold a festival in his honour if the troops didn't come down to the villages. The miracle happened, the troops followed and the people gratefully kept their promise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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