The chronicler Friar Agostinho de Monte Alverne wrote of the incident, noting that all was destroyed except the main body and the sacramental bread.

[1] These commemorative rituals were later provided for in the testaments of Captain-Major Bartolomeu Pereira and his grandson, Father José Soares de Sousa.

[1] The new church was built away from the sea on the site of a small chapel dedicated to Saint Catherine (Portuguese: Santa Catarina) which was destroyed during a volcanic eruption.

[1] Major damage also occurred on 1 January 1980 as a result of the Azores earthquake which affected many of the islands of the Central Group, destroying much of Angra do Heroísmo.

[1] On a platform located to the rear of the church the local community constructed an império, a religious building used in the Festivals of the Holy Spirit.