Coimbra, Manoel De (2)

Coimbra, Manoel de (2)

a Portuguese theologian, was born in the 17th century, in Coimbra, and belonged to a noble family. He entered the order of St. Francis, and became guardian of the convent of San Francisco de Covilhao in 1695; and occupied the same position at Coimbra about 1706. He became definitor of his order in the chapter of. 1709, and died in 1727, leaving Epitome Historial da Vida e Virtudes e Portentos do Invicto e Glorioso Padre S. Jodo Capistrano, etc. (Lisbon, 1692).