Gouveia (Canon António Homem de)
Original title: Gouveia (Cónego António Homem de)
Biography of Canon António Homem de Gouveia (b. 1869), a priest of Ponta do Pargo who became a canon of Funchal Cathedral and deputy for Madeira in the Portuguese parliament, 1905–1907.
He was born in the parish (freguesia) of Ponta do Pargo (‘sea bream point’) on 17 December 1869. He studied at the seminary (Seminário) of this Diocese and was ordained priest in 1893. By royal letter (carta régia) of 30 November 1899 he was appointed canon of Funchal Cathedral (the Sé) (Sé do Funchal). He was clerk of the Diocesan Chancery (Câmara Eclesiástica) and has carried out various public-service commissions. He represented Madeira in the Cortes (Portuguese parliament) in the legislative sessions of 1905–1906, 1906 and 1906–1907. Of the speeches he delivered in parliament, three were published as pamphlets under the titles A Escravidão da Igreja em Portugal, Lisbon, 1905, of which another edition was produced in Funchal the same year, Necessidade do Descanso Dominical, Lisbon, 1907, and A Situação da Madeira, Lisbon, 1907.
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Places mentioned · 02
- Funchal Cathedral (the Sé)
Funchal. Cathedral where he was appointed canon.
The Sé do Funchal is the cathedral of Funchal, in the parish of Sé. It was begun in 1493, became a parish seat in 1508 and a cathedral in 1514. It was the starting point of processions and the place of the vow to São Tiago, and bishops are buried there.
- Ponta do Pargo
Calheta. Birthplace of the canon.
Ponta do Pargo is a parish at Madeira's western extremity, transferred from Porto do Moniz to Calheta municipality in 1871, where a lighthouse long demanded was first lit in 1922. It is watered by the old Rabaçal levada, grows Sercial vines, gives its name to a white cattle sub-breed, and was the birthplace of Manuel da Costa Dias and João Pestana Júnior.
People
People mentioned · 01- António Homem de Gouveiab. 1869
Madeiran priest, canon of Funchal Cathedral from 1899 and deputy for Madeira in 1905–07, some of whose parliamentary speeches were published.