Candelária is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,079, in an area of 8.63 km². It is situated along the southwest flank of the Sete Cidades massif.
History
thumb|235px|left|The Church of Nossa Senhora das Candeias, was first referred to in the chronicle of [[Gaspar Frutuoso]]
The history of the parish extends back to the 15th century, and was first chronicled in Saudades da Terra by Gaspar Frutuoso. It is unclear when the Hermitage of Nossa Senhora do Socorro was built, although a legend exists that the small chapel was constructed by the crew of a ship that escaped disaster on the high seas.