Cândido Mendes de Almeida (14 October 18181 March 1881) was a Brazilian lawyer, journalist and politician. He was representative and senator of the

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(1871–1881). He was decorated with the

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and the

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. The

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was named in his honor.

Works

Mendes was author of several works in the fields of Law, History, and Politics: * ''As Eleições da Província do Maranhão em 1842 sob a Presidência do Dr. Venâncio José Lisboa'' (1843); * ''Os Serviços relevantes de Manoel Telles da Silva Lobo, na Província do Maranhão'' (1851); * ''A Carolina, ou, a definitiva fixação de limites entre as provincias do Maranhão e de Goyaz'' (1852); * ''Atlas do Império do Brasil'' (1860) * ''Memórias para a história do extincto estado do Maranhão (1860-74), dois volumes; * ''S. Luiz e o Pontificado: Estudo Histórico'' (1869); * ''Código Filipino'' (1870-78) (edição anotada das ''Ordenações Filipinas'' com erudita introdução de sua autoria sobre a história do Direito) * ''Direito Civil Eclesiástico Brasileiro'' (reunião de toda legislação canônica ao longo da história do Brasil com introdução de mais de quatrocentas páginas com a história das relações entre o Estado e a Igreja no Brasil) * ''Legislação e Jurisprudência no Brasil''; * ''Direito Mercantil Brasileiro'' (edição anotada do livro do visconde de Cairu com erudita introdução de mais de oitocentas páginas com a história do comércio marítimo no Brasil).

Bibliography

* Antônio Carlos Villaça. ''O Senador Cândido Mendes'' (1981).

References

1818 births 1881 deaths Brazilian politicians 19th-century Brazilian lawyers Brazilian journalists Knights of St. Gregory the Great 19th-century journalists Male journalists {{Brazil-law-bio-stub