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António de Mendonça

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António de Mendonça
Archbishop of Lisbon
Portrait by Vieira Lusitano
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseLisbon
SeeCathedral of St. Mary Major
Installed15 December 1670
Term ended16 February 1675
PredecessorRodrigo da Cunha
SuccessorLuís de Sousa
Personal details
Born1600
Died13 February 1675(1675-02-13) (aged 74–75)
Lisbon, Portugal
NationalityPortuguese

D. António de Mendonça (1600 – 13 February 1675) was Archbishop of Lisbon between 1670 and his death. He was the son of Nuno de Mendonça, 1st Count of Vale de Reis[1] and was one of the main exponents in the fight against the excesses practiced by the Portuguese Inquisition.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Editores propritários (1864). Archivo pittoresco (in Portuguese). Vol. 7. Lisboa: Typographia de Castro Irmão. p. 221.
  2. ^ Joseph Lavallée (1822). Historia completa das inquisic̜ões de Italia, Hespanha, e Portugal: Ornada com oito estampas analogas aos principaes objectos que nella se tratão (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). Lisboa: Typographia Maigrense. p. 294.
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