Brioso (Dom Estêvão)
Original title: Brioso (D. Estevão)
Biography of D. Estevão Brioso de Figueiredo, former bishop of Pernambuco and bishop of Funchal from 1685 to 1689.
Dom Estêvão Brioso, or Dom Estêvão Brioso de Figueiredo, as we also find his name written, was the 121st bishop of Funchal, in the period from 1685 to 1689. He was born in the city of Évora, the son of Manuel Martins and Catarina de Figueiredo. He was a secular priest and a graduate in canon law of the University of Coimbra (Universidade de Coimbra). He was serving as vicar general of the archdiocese of Lisbon when the diocese of Pernambuco was created in 1676; he was presented as its bishop and took possession in 1678. The difficulties he struggled with in his bishopric in enforcing ecclesiastical discipline forced him to give up the office, and a few years later he returned to mainland Portugal, the Kingdom (reino). In 1684 he was appointed bishop of Funchal, assuming the government of the diocese in April 1685. Four years later, for reasons of health, he had to leave for the capital, where he died on 20 May 1689. He was buried in the church of the Colégio de São Patrício (St Patrick's College). We know of no facts or circumstances that marked his time in the diocese of Funchal.
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Time
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The diocese of Pernambuco was created, with the Madeiran D. Estêvão Brioso de Figueiredo presented as its bishop.
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D. Estêvão Brioso de Figueiredo took possession of the see of Pernambuco.
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D. Estêvão Brioso de Figueiredo was appointed bishop of Funchal and assumed government of the diocese in April 1685.
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Bishop D. Estêvão Brioso de Figueiredo died in Lisbon.
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Abroad
- Church of St Patrick's College
Portugal. Lisbon church where he was buried.
Lisbon church where he was buried.
- Évora
Portugal. Birthplace of the bishop.
Évora is a city in mainland Portugal with an archiepiscopal cathedral and a university, connected with several Madeiran clergy. It was the birthplace of Bishop D. Estevão Brioso and of D. Martinho de Portugal. The 4th Count of Vimioso died in a convent there.
- Funchal
Seat of the diocese he governed.
The capital of the archipelago and seat of the principal captaincy, where settlement began; it was made a vila c.1451–52. Its bay, the widest in the archipelago, lies between Ponta do Garajau and Ponta da Cruz and offers sheltered anchorage, though its harbour had never been studied oceanographically. The Elucidário discusses it as a health resort with climate data and records the January 1906 disturbances, the Danish prince's visit in May 1846 and recent volcanic cones in the area.
- Lisbon
Portugal. Archdiocese where he was vicar general and city where he died.
The Portuguese capital, seat of the Relação court and of the Misericórdia whose privileges and statutes were extended to Funchal. Henrique Franco de Sousa studied at its Royal Academy of Fine Arts, and Luiz José Baiardo moved there in 1821.
- Pernambuco
Brazil. Brazilian diocese of which he was the first bishop.
A Brazilian captaincy invaded by the Dutch and restored by the Madeiran João Fernandes Vieira, with other Madeirans fighting there. From 1637 Madeira paid a war levy for its recovery. It was also a diocese whose first bishop was D. Estevão Brioso.
- University of Coimbra
Portugal. Where he graduated in canon law.
The University of Coimbra, in mainland Portugal, was supported by Madeira through tithes and attended by many Madeirans. Several of them graduated there, mostly in law, and others, such as António da Gama and Vitúrio Lopes Rocha, also taught there. Júlio Augusto Henriques held its chair of botany.
People
People mentioned · 03- Estêvão Brioso de Figueiredod. 1689
Évora-born canon lawyer, first bishop of Pernambuco and bishop of Funchal (1685–89), who died in Lisbon.
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Mother of Bishop Estevão Brioso.
- Manuel Augusto Martins1867–1936
Father of Bishop Estevão Brioso.