Manuel da Nóbrega

Padre Manuel da Nobrega (* October 18, 1517 in the district of Porto, Portugal, † October 18, 1570 in Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ) was a Portuguese theologian, priest, missionary and writer. From 1553 to 1559 he was Superior General of the Jesuits in Brazil. As co-founder of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador da Bahia, he has gone down in world history.

Life

Manuel da Nobrega was born in a small village in northern Portugal, in what is now the district of Porto. During his date of birth is well established, it is not the place of birth. His father was Baltasar da Nobrega. He studied humanities in Porto, moved to the canonical ( Theology ) Faculty of the University of Salamanca, where he studied canon law and philosophy 1534-1538 and then moved to the University of Coimbra, where he finished his studies in 1541 and received his degree. He then worked in northern Portugal, Galicia and Spain as a missionary.

On November 21 1544 the Jesuits came in and was ordained a priest. In 1549 he accompanied an expedition of the Governor General Tome de Souza, who landed in the bay of today's Salvador de Bahia on 29 February 1549. Souza was a good friend Nobregas. This year Nobrega laid the foundations with other Salvador de Bahia. In 1554 he founded in Piratiniga one of the first Jesuit college on American soil. This was the starting point for establishing the city of Sao Paulo, whose founders Nobrega generally applies. In 1563 he was involved in the founding of the city of Rio de Janeiro. There he founded another college over which he presided as rector. On the side of the Governor Mem de Sa, he fought with sermons against the invasion of the French. In the colonial government, he advocated to prohibit the natives eating human flesh. Nobrega was from 1553 to 1559, the first Superior General of the Jesuits in Brazil and thus in America. In 1570 he would have to be again, but died before his appointment.

He was a college friend and brother of Jose de Anchieta Mission, who once said in a font that Nobrega his best friend and they were like brothers.

Importance

Nobrega is considered the second discoverer of Brazil. His writings contributed immeasurably to our understanding of Brazil as a new colony of Portugal to because it dealt with issues such as morality and behavior towards the natives, but also the whites themselves. Thus he wrote the first classic sociological and anthropological studies of Brazil. He tried with some of his writings, to protect the Indians and became one of its defenders and advocates. In addition to António Vieira he is considered one of the most important Jesuit who had ever worked in Brazil. In addition, he is regarded as a major figure in Portugal and Brazil in the 16th century. By participating in the founding of three of the most important cities in Brazil, he went down in world history. The British writer Robert Southey called him "the greatest political figure in the Colonial era in Brazil ".

Honors

Many posthumous honors are done by the Portuguese and Brazilian State: In Lisbon and Sao Paulo streets are named after him, in Brazil several schools. Both countries have already produced stamps with the likeness Nobregas out on the anniversary of the founding of São Paulo.

Works

• Cartas do Brasil (Letters from Brazil), 1549-1570, letters.
• Dialogos sobre a conversacao do gentio, 1554, one of the first prose works in Brazil.
• Informações dos coisas da terra e neccesidade que se ha para a procedor nela, 1558th
• Caso de consciencia para a liberdade dos indios ( The cases of restriction of freedom of the Indians ), 1567.

Swell

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• Http://www.infopedia.pt
• Http://www.sampa.art.br/biografia/manuelnobrega/
• Http://www.institutoandreluiz.org/manuel_de_nobrega.html
• Http://www.educacao.uol.com.br./biografias/manuel-da-nobrega.jhtm
• Http://www.brasilescola.com/biografia/manuel-da-nobrega.html

• Jesuit
• Superior Province
• Catholic missionary
• Roman Catholic priest (16th century)
• Person (Brazil )
• Person (Rio de Janeiro)
• Person (São Paulo)
• Person ( Salvador, Bahia)
• Portuguese
• Born in 1517
• Died in 1570
• Man