Joseph of Anchieta
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José de Anchieta y Díaz de Clavijo, SJ was a Spanish missionary to the Portuguese colony of Brazil in the second half of the 16th century. A highly influential figure in Brazil's history in the first
José de Anchieta, by painter Benedito Calixto
House of José de Anchieta in San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Tenerife)
Portrait by Oscar Pereira da Silva
Anchieta in an 1807 engraving
Manuel da Nóbrega
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Manuel da Nóbrega, SJ was a Portuguese Jesuit priest and the first provincial of the Society of Jesus in colonial Brazil. Together with José de Anchieta, he was very influential in the early history o
Joseph of Anchieta
…instruction, evangelization, and conversion to the Catholic faith of the Indian population. His efforts along with those of another Jesuit missionary, Manuel da Nóbrega, at Indian pacification were crucial to the establishment of stable colonial settlements in the colony. With his book Arte de gramática da língua mais…
Statue of Manuel da Nóbrega in front of the Chapel of Our Lady of Help, Salvador
Nóbrega and his companions trying to stop a cannibal feast by Manuel Joaquim Corte Real circa 1843.