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Bermudes, João

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Also known as: Latin: Joannes Bermudes

BERMUDES, JOÃO. - Portuguese, pseudo-patriarch of Ethiopia. A strange figure of a 16th-century adventurer who, from being a barber-surgeon, on his return from Ethiopia passed himself off as patriarch and deceived many. Contemporary documents, partly recently published, have demonstrated the falsity of B.'s claims; he died in Portugal in 1570.

Bibliography

BIBL.: S. Euringer, Der Pseudopatriarch J. B. (1539-55), in Theologie u. Glaube, 17 (1925), pp. 226-56. Ignazio Ortiz de Urbina

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By Ignazio Ortiz de Urbina

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 1400.

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Chicago

Ortiz, de Urbina Ignazio. “Bermudes, joão.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 1400. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/bermudes-joao.

MLA

Ortiz, de Urbina Ignazio. “Bermudes, joão.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1400. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/bermudes-joao.

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@incollection{ec2_bermudes_joao,
  author    = {Ortiz, de Urbina Ignazio},
  title     = {Bermudes, joão},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {1400},
  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/bermudes-joao}
}

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