Person friar preacher writer
Manuel Rodrigues
1697–1916
friar · preacher · writer · soldier
Funchal-born Madeiran who went from seminarian in Brazil and soldier at Colónia do Sacramento to Franciscan friar. He became one of the most celebrated preachers in Lisbon and published many sermons and panegyrics between 1732 and 1757.
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- Ribeira da Janela (parish) — Local resident said to have co-founded the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Incarnação in 1630.
- Speeches — Priest who published numerous sermons and panegyrics between 1733 and 1757.
- Tábua (parish) — Early settler of Tábua.
- Granting of the Charter — Ardent constitutionalist nicknamed 'o Aninhas', famed for his strength, wounded in the 1826 attack.
- Câmara de Lobos (parish) — One of the parish priests of Câmara de Lobos between 1570 and 1680.
- Bombardment of Funchal — Madeiran coal-barge worker killed when La Surprise sank in 1916.
- Cholera morbus in 1856 and 1910 — Seaman living near the São Francisco convent who was the first Madeiran to catch cholera in 1856.
- Gaula (parish) — Mason who contracted to build the new parish church after 1753 for 3:400$000 réis.
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