Brás Viegas (Blasius de Viegas) (1553–1599) was a
Portuguese
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Jesuit
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, known as a biblical commentator.
Life
He was born in
Évora
Évora ( , ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. It has 53,591 inhabitants (2021), in an area of 1307.08 km2. It is the historic capital of the Alentejo and serves as the seat of the Évora District.
Due to its well-preserved old to ...
, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1569. He became a teacher at
Coimbra
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The fourth-largest urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto Metropolitan Area, Porto, and Bra ...
and the
University of Évora
The University of Évora (''Universidade de Évora'') is a public university in Évora, Portugal. It is the second oldest university in the country, established in 1559 by the cardinal Henry, and receiving University status in April of the same ...
, where he was granted a doctorate in 1594.
Works
*''Commentarii exegetici in Apocalypsim'' (1601)
The book became well known; in it Viegas expressed his expectation for spiritual renewal led by the Society of Jesus. There were later editions, edited by
Odoardo Farnese
Odoardo Farnese (28 April 1612 – 11 September 1646), also known as Odoardo I Farnese to distinguish him from his grandson Odoardo II Farnese, was Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro from 1622 to 1646.
Biography
Odoardo was the eldest legit ...
. It was translated into
Ge'ez by Jesuit missionaries.
*''Meditações sobre os mysterios da paixam, resurreiçam, e acensaõ de Christo Nosso Senhor'' (1601)
By the Jesuit Vincenzo Bruno (1532–1594).
Europeana page
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Further reading
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1553 births
1599 deaths
16th-century Portuguese Jesuits
People from Évora
Portuguese biblical scholars