Inácio José de Alvarenga Peixoto (1744–1793) was a Colonial Brazilian Neoclassic poet and lawyer. He wrote under the pen name Eureste Fenício. The design of the flag of Minas Gerais is attributed to him.

Biography

Peixoto was born in

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, to Simão Alvarenga Braga and Maria Braga. He studied at the Jesuit College in Rio and would later graduate in

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at the

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, where he met and befriended

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, another Brazilian poet. After he graduated, he served as '' juiz-de-fora'' in

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. Returning to Brazil, he was senator of the city of

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and the ''

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'' of the Comarca of Rio das Mortes. Due to overdue taxes, Peixoto would adhere to the unsuccessful 1789 Minas Conspiracy, alongside the poets

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and Cláudio Manuel da Costa, the priest José da Silva e Oliveira Rolim and the ''

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'' Joaquim José da Silva Xavier (a.k.a. "Tiradentes"). Joaquim Silvério dos Reis, a member of the Conspiracy, betrayed the movement before it could take place. Peixoto was then captured, arrested and sent to exile in

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, where he died. Peixoto was married to poet Bárbara Heliodora (1758–1819), having with her four children. It is said that, after Peixoto was exiled, Heliodora's mental health began to gradually decline to the point of

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References

External links

Some sonnets by Alvarenga Peixoto
1744 births 1793 deaths 18th-century Brazilian lawyers Writers from Rio de Janeiro (city) 18th-century Brazilian poets Brazilian male poets University of Coimbra alumni Colonial Brazil Brazilian people of Portuguese descent 18th-century male writers {{Brazil-writer-stub