Brás Viegas (Blasius de Viegas) (1553–1599) was a Portuguese Jesuit, known as a biblical commentator.
Life He was born in Évora, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1569. He became a teacher at Coimbra and the University of Évora, where he was granted a doctorate in 1594. http://ler.letras.up.pt/uploads/ficheiros/3538.pdf
Works Commentarii exegetici in Apocalypsim (1601) The book became well known; in it Viegas expressed his expectation for spiritual renewal led by the Society of Jesus.Hilaire Kallendorf, A New Companion to Hispanic Mysticism (2010), p. 61; Google Books. There were later editions, edited by Odoardo Farnese.WorldCat page It was translated into Ge'ez by Jesuit missionaries.Leonardo Cohen, The missionary strategies of the Jesuits in Ethiopia (1555-1632) (2009), p. 99; Google Books.
Meditações sobre os mysterios da paixam, resurreiçam, e acensaõ de Christo Nosso Senhor (1601) By the Jesuit Vincenzo Bruno (1532–1594).Europeana page .
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