Diogo de Paiva de Andrade

A medal from the year Dom Diogo de Paiva de Andrade died in 1575.

Dom Diogo de Paiva de Andrade (born July 26, 1528 in Coimbra , Portugal , † December 1, 1575 in Lisbon , Portugal) was a Portuguese Roman Catholic theologian. He was the most important representative of the Counter Reformation in Portugal and one of the most important theologians in Portugal in the 16th century. He was also an important person in the Counter Reformation on the rest of the Iberian Peninsula .

Live and act

Print with the portrait of Dom Diogo de Paiva de Andrade by Pieter Perret.

He was the son of the royal treasurer of King Dom João III. born and was a brother of the spiritual writer Tome de Jesus . After studying Catholic theology in Coimbra, he worked there as a professor of theology.

In 1562 he took part in the Council of Trent as a representative of Portugal.

He was buried in the Igreja de Graça in Lisbon. A medal from 1575 shows the likeness of the theologian and is a real representation. It has survived to this day and was in London . He wrote a letter to Stanislaus Hosius , which is now in a library in Gotha .

His nephew of the same name Diogo de Paiva de Andrade the Younger (1586-1660) worked as a playwright and poet.

In Almada a street is named after Andrade. The Flemish printmaker Pieter Perret created a print showing him.

theology

Pope Pius IV paid tribute to him for his works that defended the papacy and were important works of the Counter-Reformation.

His work Decem libri orthodoxarum explicationum was published in Venice (1564 and 1594) and in Cologne (1564 and 1574).

He was a great opponent of the Protestant theologian Martin Chemnitz . Both wrote works on each other's theology. A historical dispute arose between the two across borders; Martin Chemnitz responded with the work Examen decretorum Concilii Trienttini , which Andrade answered with the book Defensio Tridentinae Fidei Catholicae (1578 and 1595), which in turn had previously attacked Chemnitz in another work.

Works

De Conciliorum Auctoritate (no year).
Concio Habita Ad Patres In Concilio Tridentino Congregatos, (1562) (Brixen).
Decem libri orthodoxarum explicationum (1564) (Cologne).
De societatis Jesu Origine contra Chemnicium, (1566). ( Digitized version )
Defensio Tridentinae Fidei Catholicae (1578, 1580 and 1595) (posthumous) (Cologne, Ingolstadt)
Book with three editions of his sermons in Portuguese. (Sermôes). (1603, 1605, 1615) (posthumously).

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personal data
SURNAME	Andrade, Diogo de Paiva de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Payva, Jacobus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Portuguese Roman Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	July 26, 1528
PLACE OF BIRTH	Coimbra , Portugal
DATE OF DEATH	December 1, 1575
Place of death	Lisbon , Portugal