Brás Viegas Explained
Brás Viegas (Blasius de Viegas) (1553–1599) was a Portuguese Jesuit, known as a biblical commentator.
Life
He was born in Évora, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1569. He became a teacher at Coimbra and the University of Évora, where he was granted a doctorate in 1594.[1]
Works
- Commentarii exegetici in Apocalypsim (1601)
The book became well known; in it Viegas expressed his expectation for spiritual renewal led by the Society of Jesus.[2] There were later editions, edited by Odoardo Farnese.[3] It was translated into Ge'ez by Jesuit missionaries.[4]
- Meditações sobre os mysterios da paixam, resurreiçam, e acensaõ de Christo Nosso Senhor (1601)
By the Jesuit Vincenzo Bruno (1532–1594).[5]
Further reading
Notes and References
- http://ler.letras.up.pt/uploads/ficheiros/3538.pdf
- Hilaire Kallendorf, A New Companion to Hispanic Mysticism (2010), p. 61; Google Books.
- http://www.worldcat.org/identities/np-farnesius,%20odoardus WorldCat page
- Leonardo Cohen, The missionary strategies of the Jesuits in Ethiopia (1555-1632) (2009), p. 99; Google Books.
- https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/92039/63A2C2D21C015CB9ECDCF7764FDC7CA72236F11C.html Europeana page
