Sancoale
Sign in to saveSancoale is a census town in South Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. It falls within the Sub-District of Mormugão and the Velhas Conquistas region. It is famous for being the hometown of Joseph Vaz, the patron saint of Sri Lanka.
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Place details
- Locality
- Cuelim
- Region
- Goa
- Country
- India
- Population
- 21,923
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sancoale
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- konn
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Census town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 275px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Façade of Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Saúde (1560)
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Goa#India3
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Goa, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Goa
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- South Goa
- Settlement.established_title
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- South Goa District
- Elevation
- +41
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
7 sectionsContents
- Churches
- Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Saúde (1560)
- 2020 Saffron Controversy
- Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Saúde (1606)
- Geography
- Demographics
- References
Sancoale is a census town in South Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. It falls within the Sub-District of Mormugão and the Velhas Conquistas region. It is famous for being the hometown of Joseph Vaz, the patron saint of Sri Lanka.
==Churches== ===Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Saúde (1560)=== It is also known as Our Lady of Health Church or the Old Church of Sancoale, in English. It was built by Jesuit missionaries who arrived at Sancoale in 1560 to settle there. By way of commemorating, their occupation they established the a chapel of Nossa Senhora de Saúde. The construction of the chapel was completed in 1566 and it was elevated to the level of a church in.