APOLLINARE DELLA CONCEZIONE (Da Conceição). - Portuguese Franciscan, historian and ascetical writer. Born in Lisbon on 23 July 1692, died there in the earthquake of 1 November 1755. He took the habit at S. Paolo (Brazil) in 1711 and remained a lay brother.

His works of Franciscan history, literarily without value, offer a copious harvest of information: Pequeños na terra, grandes no ceo (in 3 parts: Lisbon 1732, 1735, 1738), on holy Franciscan laymen; he also published a survey of the holy Franciscan religious in America (ibid. 1733) and of illustrious Franciscans in every branch (ibid. 1736), as well as a Claustro francescano erecto no dominio da Corôa Portugueza (ibid. 1749, a historical-statistical exposition). Of his writings of edification only two were published: Viagem devota e feliz (ibid. 1737), ascetical dialogues, and Instruções on the rule of St. Francis (ibid. 1740).

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BIBL.: J. a s. Antonio, Bibliotheca universa franciscana, I, Madrid 1732, p. 175; F. de Almeida, Historia da Igreja em Portugal, III, Coimbra 1915, p. 363 ff.; id., s. v. in DHG, III, col. 994.

Felicissimo Tinivella

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