ANTONIO DAS CHAGAS (Latin a Plagis; Fonseca Soares). - Portuguese Franciscan, ascetical writer and preacher, b. at Vidigueyra on 25 June 1631, d. at Torres Vedras on 30 Oct. 1682. In his youth he led a dissolute life, and fled to Brazil on account of a homicide committed in a duel; he was converted afterward, following a serious illness contracted on his return to his homeland. Having donned the Franciscan habit at Evora, he studied at Coimbra and devoted himself to the apostolate.

He was a polished spiritual writer and is considered among the classics of Portuguese literature. His many works, in prose and in verse, were all published posthumously at Lisbon. Let us note: Faicas de amor divino e lagrimas de alma (1683); Espelho do Espirito em que deve verse e comporse alma (1683); Cartas espirituaes (1684); Obras espirituaes (1684-87); Escola de penitencia e flagello dos peccadores (1687); O Padre nosso comentado (1688); Sermões genuinos (1690); Ramilhete espiritual (1722); A Feniz renascida (1728).

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BIBL.: Fernando da Soledado, Historia serafica chronologica da ordem de S. Francisco na provincia de Portugal, III, Lisbon 1705, pp. 320-33; J. Heerinckx, s. v. in DSp, I, coll. 710-11.

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