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Afonso Mendes
Afonso Mendes | |
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 Contemporary portrait of King Susenyos I of Ethiopia receiving the Latin Patriarch Afonso Mendes | |
| Born | 18 June 1579 |
| Died | 21 June 1659 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Occupation | Jesuit theologian |
| Known for | Patriarch of Ethiopia |
Father Afonso Mendes (18 June 1579 – 21 June 1659) was a Portuguese Jesuit theologian, and Patriarch of Ethiopia from 1622 to 1634. While E. A. Wallis Budge has expressed the commonly accepted opinion of this man, as being "rigid, uncompromising, narrow-minded, and intolerant",[1] there are some who disagree with it.[2] The writings of Mendes include Expeditionis Aethiopicae, which describes the customs and conditions of Ethiopia.
- ^ Wallis Budge, A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia, 1928 (Oosterhout: Anthropological Publications, 1970), p. 390
- ^ Merid Wolde Aregay, "The Legacy of Jesuit Missionary Activities in Ethiopia," in The Missionary Factor in Ethiopia: Papers from a Symposium on the Impact of European Missions on Ethiopian Society, ed. Getatchew Haile, Samuel Rubenson, and Aasulv Lande (Frankfurt: Verlag, 1998); Hervé Pennec, Des Jésuites Au Royaume Du Prêtre Jean (Éthiopie): Stratégies, Rencontres Et Tentatives D'implantation 1495–1633 (Paris: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2003).
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