António Martins de Chaves

Monument in San Giovanni in Laterale

António Martins de Chaves (died 6 July 1447) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was bishop of Porto in Portugal.

He was made cardinal on the 18 December 1439 by Pope Eugenius IV. He founded the church and hospice of San Antonio dei Portoghesi in 1440. Chaves was buried at the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, where he was archpriest from 1444 to his death. His tomb was executed by Isaia da Pisa.

Bibliography

• Enrique Flórez; Manuel Risco; Antolín Merino; et al. (1766). España sagrada. Vol. Tomo XXI (Porto, Galicia). Madrid: M. F. Rodriguez. pp. 163–165language=Spanish. {{cite book}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author3= (help)
• Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1914). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)(in Latin), pp. 8 no. 14; 26 no. 1, 27 no. 33; 28 no. 81; 218, with note 1.

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