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CONCEIÇÃO (Apolinário da). DEMONSTRAÇAM Historica [...] Real Parochia de Lisboa de [...] N. S. dos Martyres. Lisboa. 1750.

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CONCEIÇÃO (Apolinário da)
DEMONSTRAÇAM Historica da Primeira, e Real Parochia de Lisboa de que he singular Patrona, e Titular N. S. dos Martyres. Lisboa: Na Officina de Ignacio Rodrigues, 1750.

§8, §§10, A-Z, Aa-Kk8, Ll2; [36], 532 pp.; 195 mm.

Fr. Apolinário da Conceição was born in Lisbon in 1692. He settled in Brazil where he took the Franciscan habit in the province of Conceição in Rio de Janeiro. “Of the numerous works by this son of St. Francis, the Historical Demonstration is the most accepted and sought after” (Inoc.). Since the second volume scheduled for this work never came out, Fr. Apolinário on the history of the Church of NS dos Mártires in Lisbon, since its foundation. With great interest for the history of Lisbon. Rare.

¶ Salema Garção, v. 1, 932; Inocêncio, v. 1, p. 301