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Costa, Jorge Da

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a Portuguese prelate, was born in 1406 at Alpedrinha, a village of the diocese of La Guarda; was educated at Lisbon, became a professor there, and a dean of the cathedral; eventually bishop of Evora, archbishop of Lisbon, and cardinal in 1476. He removed to Rome in 1487, and died there, September 19, 1508.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Costa, Jorge Da'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/costa-jorge-da.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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