António de Mendonça

His Grace
António de Mendonça
Archbishop of Lisbon
Portrait by Vieira Lusitano
Church Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese Lisbon
See Cathedral of St. Mary Major
Installed 15 December 1670
Term ended 16 February 1675
Predecessor Rodrigo da Cunha
Successor Luís de Sousa
Personal details
Born 1600
Lamego, Portugal
Died (1675-02-13)13 February 1675
Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality Portuguese

D. António de Mendonça (Lisbon, 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

  1. ↑ Editores propritários (1864). Archivo pittoresco (in Portuguese). 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.
  • "António de Mendonça". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. [self-published]
  • "Patriarchal See of Lisboa". GCatholic.org.


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