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POPA-MADRE

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is a town of South America, in Terra Firma. In this place there is a convent and chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, to whose image the Spaniards in those parts go in pilgrimage, particularly those who have been at sea. It is seated on a high mountain, 50 miles east of Carthagena. W. Long. 74° 32' N. Lat. 10° 15'.

POPE. See VICTIMARIUS.