Person lawyer substitute judge Catholic lay leader
João Baptista de Freitas Leal
1837–1920
lawyer · substitute judge · Catholic lay leader · writer
Funchal-born law graduate (1837–1920), substitute judge and Catholic lay leader who founded Catholic associations, edited the newspaper A Verdade and wrote travel and devotional works. Son of Valentim de Freitas Leal, he was also a leading local Progressive.
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- Speeches — Author of discourses delivered at the Funchal episcopal palace, 1896–1908.
- St John of Nepomuk (chapel) — Husband of the chapel's heiress.
- Political Parties — Leading local Progressive.
- Porto da Cruz (parish) — Son of Valentim de Freitas Leal, treated in his own entry.
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3Places mentioned
Abroad