Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Missions Missionaries and missiologists

Barreto, Francisco

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BARRETO, FRANCISCO. - Portuguese Jesuit missionary, b. at Montemor-o-novo in 1599. Having set out for the Indies, he was professor of philosophy and theology there, rector at Coulam and at Cochin, then provincial of Malabar (1656-59), and he died as visitor of the Indies on 24 Oct. 1664. Having come to Rome as procurator of the mission (1644-53), he published there a Relatione delle Missioni che appartengono alla Provincia di Malabar della Compagnia di Gesù (Rome 1645, reprinted and translated several times).

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BIBL.: Sommervogel, I, col. 923; E. Rivière, Corrections et additions à la bibl. de la Comp. de Jésus, coll. 358-59 and 944; Streit, Bibl., V, p. 135; F. Rodrigues, A Companhia de Jesus em Portugal e nas Missões, 2nd ed., Oporto 1935, p. 31.

Edmondo Lamalle

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 895.

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Lamalle, Edmondo. “Barreto, francisco.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 895. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/barreto-francisco.

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Lamalle, Edmondo. “Barreto, francisco.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 895. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/barreto-francisco.

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  author    = {Lamalle, Edmondo},
  title     = {Barreto, francisco},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {895},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/barreto-francisco}
}

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