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Bernardo De Brito
Friar Bernardo de Brito (20 August 1569 – 27 February 1617) was a Portugal, Portuguese monk and historian. He is perhaps best known for having authored the first two volumes of ''Monarchia Lusytana'', his ''magnum opus''. Biography Friar Bernardo de Brito was born Baltasar de Brito e Andrade, in the fortified village of Almeida, Portugal, Almeida in 1569. His father, Pedro Cardoso de Andrade, was a distinguished army captain who fought in Italy and Flanders who was killed in action during the Fall of Antwerp, Siege of Antwerp; his mother was Maria de Brito e Andrade, the sister of Rui de Andrade Freire, ''Alcalde, alcaide'' of the Castle Fortress of Almeida, Castle of Almeida and ''fronteiro'' of Terras de Riba-Côa. His father wished he joined the military; we was sent abroad to study in Rome and Florence, where he became fluent in Latin, Italian language, Italian, and French language, French. When he returned to Portugal, he joined the Cistercians, Cistercian Order; he profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cistercians
The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contributions of the highly-influential Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, known as the Latin Rule. They are also known as Bernardines, after Saint Bernard himself, or as White Monks, in reference to the colour of the "cuculla" or cowl (choir robe) worn by the Cistercians over their habits, as opposed to the black cowl worn by Benedictines. The term ''Cistercian'' derives from ''Cistercium,'' the Latin name for the locale of Cîteaux, near Dijon in eastern France. It was here that a group of Benedictine monks from the monastery of Molesme founded Cîteaux Abbey in 1098, with the goal of following more closely the Rule of Saint Benedict. The best known of them were Robert of Molesme, Alberic of Cîteaux and the English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
