Person poet
Francisco Álvares de Nóbrega
1772–1806
poet
Machico-born poet nicknamed 'Camões Pequeno', persecuted by Bishop José da Costa Torres and imprisoned by the Inquisition, who took his own life in Lisbon in 1806. He is remembered chiefly for his sonnets, published as the Rimas in 1804.
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- Historical dates — Madeiran poet called 'Camões Pequeno', died in Lisbon in 1806.
- Literature — Eighteenth-century Madeiran poet.
- Freemasonry — Madeiran poet who suffered in the 1792 persecution.
- Costa Torres (Dom José da) — Madeiran poet to whose entry the article cross-refers in connection with the bishop.
- Machico (parish) — Poet known as Camões Pequeno, Machico's most illustrious son, born at Torre.
- Nóbrega (Januário Justiniano de) — Madeiran poet known as 'Camões Pequeno', uncle of Januário de Nóbrega.
- Inquisition — Madeiran poet imprisoned by the Inquisition, whose writings were largely destroyed by its familiars after his death.
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