Ribeiro Neto (Manuel)
Manuel Ribeiro Neto, a seventeenth-century jurist and canon of Angra Cathedral, said by some to be from Funchal and by Barbosa Machado to be from Angra, who wrote on civil and canon law, including works on Funchal church matters.
In the Dicionário Popular, edited by Pinheiro Chagas, we find the following about this man: ‘Portuguese jurist, a native of Funchal, who came to Portugal to take his degree at the University of Coimbra (Universidade de Coimbra) and, on returning to Madeira, was promoted to a canonry in the Cathedral of Angra. He wrote and printed a Latin volume of Commentarios de Direito Civil and various pleadings on canon law. He died in 1681, having been born at the beginning of the 17th century or the end of the 16th.’
Diogo Barbosa Machado, however, gives Ribeiro Neto as born in Angra, which we consider more probable, although we cannot state it beyond all doubt. Among the works on canon law that he published are the following, cited in the Biblioteca Lusitana: Alegações de direito sobre as meias conezias do Funchal, Officios que tachou o cabido and Explicaçam do privilegio de hum altar no Funchal, all of which appeared in one volume in 1660.
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- Angra Cathedral
Portugal. Azorean cathedral where he held a canonry.
Azorean cathedral where he held a canonry.
- Angra do Heroísmo
Portugal. Birthplace given by Barbosa Machado, considered more probable.
Angra do Heroísmo is an Azorean city, port and district on Terceira. It was the birthplace of António Cordeiro, where the Almanach para os Açores e Madeira was published in 1873, and where Nicolau Anastácio de Bettencourt governed for twelve years and died; it also gave its name to Stuart's title of marquis.
- Funchal
Birthplace of Ribeiro Neto according to the Dicionário Popular, and subject of some of his writings.
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.
- University of Coimbra
Portugal. Where Ribeiro Neto graduated.
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- Manuel Ribeiro Netod. 1681
Portuguese jurist and canon of Angra Cathedral who published legal commentaries and died in 1681.
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Author of the Biblioteca Lusitana, who gives Ribeiro Neto's birthplace as Angra.
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Director of the Dicionário Popular, the source quoted on Ribeiro Neto.