Complex sentence: This huge silver-gilt image was nine "palmi" high and Blessed by Pope Benedict XIV himself in 1749 before being dispatched to Lisbon where it was destined to the Patriarchal Royal Chapel of the Ribeira Palace.
Split into simpler sentences: This huge silver-gilt image was nine "palmi" high. It was Blessed by Pope Benedict XIV himself in 1749 before being dispatched to Lisbon where it was destined to the Patriarchal Royal Chapel of the Ribeira Palace.