Conceigam, Agostinho Da

Conceigam, Agostinho da a Portuguese theologian of the Franciscan order, was a native of Lamego. He engaged as a sailor and started for Brazil, was shipwrecked, and finally, arriving at his destination, entered upon a religious career, and founded a convent of his order in the city, of Cabo Frio, where he died in 1693. He wrote many Sermons. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.