António de Mendonça
António de Mendonça | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Lisbon | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Lisbon |
| See | Cathedral of St. Mary Major |
| Installed | 15 December 1670 |
| Term ended | 16 February 1675 |
| Predecessor | Rodrigo da Cunha |
| Successor | Luís de Sousa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1600 |
| Died | 13 February 1675 (aged 74–75) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
D. António de Mendonça (1600 – 13 February 1675) was Archbishop of Lisbon between 1670 and his death. He was the son of Nuno de Mendonça, 1st Count of Vale de Reis[1] and was one of the main exponents in the fight against the excesses practiced by the Portuguese Inquisition.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Editores propritários (1864). Archivo pittoresco (in Portuguese). Vol. 7. Lisboa: Typographia de Castro Irmão. p. 221.
- ^ Joseph Lavallée (1822). Historia completa das inquisic̜ões de Italia, Hespanha, e Portugal: Ornada com oito estampas analogas aos principaes objectos que nella se tratão (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). Lisboa: Typographia Maigrense. p. 294.
External links
[edit]- "António de Mendonça". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. [self-published]
- "Patriarchal See of Lisboa". GCatholic.org.
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