António Martins de Chaves explained

Antão Martins de Chaves
Dipstyle:	His Eminence
Offstyle:	Your Eminence
Rel Style:	Cardinal

António Martins de Chaves (died 6 July 1447) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church and bishop of Porto in Portugal.^[1]

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.^[2]

He attended the Council of Basel as a representative of King Edward I of Portugal.^[3]

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

• Book: Enrique Flórez. Manuel Risco. Antolín Merino. et al. España sagrada. Tomo XXI (Porto, Galicia). 1766. Madrid. M. F. Rodriguez. 163–165language=Spanish.
• Book: Eubel. Conradus . Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2. 1914. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin), pp. 8 no. 14; 26 no. 1, 27 no. 33; 28 no. 81; 218, with note 1.

Notes and References

1. https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1439.htm#Berardi Florida International University, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Biographical Dictionary of Eugenius IV (1431-1447), Consistory of December 18, 1439 (III)
2. https://www.abebooks.co.uk/first-edition/Estatutos-veneravel-Igreja-Hospital-Santo-Antonio/198641558/bd ABE Books website, Estatutos da veneravel Igreja e Hospital de Santo Antonio da Nação Portuguesa de Roma.
3. https://mediatheque.ville-grand-quevilly.fr/author/biography/id/67008 Grand Quevilly Media Library website, Antonio Martins