Amadeu da Silva Meneses
Amadeus da Silva Meneses , also Amadeus of Portugal or Amadeus Menez , (* around 1420 in Campo Maior , Portugal , (according to other sources: Ceuta ), then Kingdom of Portugal and Algarve; † August 10, 1482 in Milan , Italy ), OFM , was a Portuguese monk, religious reformer and mystic .
Live and act
Amadeus Menez comes from a noble Portuguese family and was born as the brother of Saint Beatrix da Silva Meneses . First he was a knight in the service of the Portuguese crown against the Moors and was badly wounded.
At the age of fifteen, he joined the third Franciscan order in 1435 and was ordained a priest in 1459, after having lived in Guadelupe for around ten years . He later came to Rome and founded twenty-one Franciscan reform conventions there and in other parts of Italy.
He got to know the later Pope Sixtus IV , who became a friend and patron of him. From 1471 Menez was counselor and confessor of the pontiff. Sixtus supported him in founding his reform branches, which were called Amadeists after the founder .
His theological works include apocalyptic texts about the end times, which were found in the electoral archives in Düsseldorf in 1794 , and texts about the reinstatement of the seven fallen archangels.
After his death many miracles took place and he was considered a blessed early on by the people, whose acts of beatification are still in Rome today .
Work (selection)
- De revelationibus et prophetiis (without year).
- Aperietur in tempore , (Apokalyptische Prophezeihunen), found in 1794 in the Electoral Archives in Düsseldorf.
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- Sven Loerzer: Visions and Prophecies. The most famous prophecies in world history , Weltbild Verlag, 1998, ISBN 9783893504367 . P. 221.
- Kevin Knight / Jean Besse: João Mendes de Silva. In: The Catholic Encyclopedia / newadvent.org. 2017 (English, 1911; Robert Appleton Company; Acta SS., August. II, .562-606; ANTONIO, Bibliotheca vetus hispana, II, 217-18; WADDING, Annales Minorum, VI, VII, VIII; HELYOT, Histoire des ordres religieux, VII, 106-12 .;).
- Blessed Amadeus Menez. In: roman-catholic-saints.com. (English).
- The doctrine of angels based on liturgical and cultic veneration - The seven archangels. In: himmelsboten.de.
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SURNAME | Silva Meneses, Amadeu there |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Silva Meneses, Amadeus da (full name); Portugal, Amadeus of; Menez, Amadeus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese monk, religious reformer and mystic |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1420 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Campo Maior , Portugal |
DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 1482 |
Place of death | Milan , Italy |