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Conceigam, Agostinho Da

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

a Portuguese theologian of the Franciscan order, was a native of Lamego. He engaged as a sailor and started for Brazil, was shipwrecked, and finally, arriving at his destination, entered upon a religious career, and founded a convent of his order in the city, of Cabo Frio, where he died in 1693. He wrote many Sermons. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.