Diogo de Gouveia

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Diogo de Gouveia
Bornc. 1471
Beja, Kingdom of Portugal
Died8 December 1557
Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Occupation(s)Teacher, theologian, diplomat and humanist

Diogo de Gouveia (c. 1471,

Catholic orthodoxy
, clashing with the liberal views of his nephew André de Gouveia.

Biography

Diogo de Gouveia was born in

privateers
.

In 1520 he had the idea of buying the Parisian

liberal arts, to be followed by studies in theology. Among these students were André de Gouveia and Diogo de Teive, who came to Sainte-Barbe in 1527.[7]

There studied mainly Portuguese but also the navarrese Francis Xavier in 1525, and Ignatius of Loyola, who listed in the college already at 33, on the grounds of not exerting his influence on his classmates. In 1529, having learned that Loyola had been monopolising attention over school, a furious Gouveia threatened to hit him, in an episode that became famous. That same year George Buchanan became teacher in Saint Barbe.[8]

As an advisor to D. John III, Diogo de Gouveia reported the king in September 1527 about Giovanni da Verrazzano's moves in the Atlantic, of what his letters are a relevant testimony.[9] In 1532 to counter the growing advances of French privateers in Brazilian shores, he suggested along with Cristóvão Jacques, the introduction of Captaincies in Brazil[10]

Between 1529 and 1534, due to his frequent travels, he entrusted André de Gouveia with the direction of the College of Saint Barbe, who opened it to humanist reform ideas, inviting Nicolas Cop to teach there. After Cop's contested inaugural address November 1533, André went to the College of Guienne in Bordeaux and was replaced by Diogo de Gouveia the younger.[11]

In 1537 Diogo de Gouveia held diplomatic missions in France on behalf of D. John III. A year later he wrote to the king enthusiastically endorsing the newly graduated clerics of Saint Barbe to the missions in Asia. After engaging in the papal approval of the

Society of Jesus,[12][13]
he followed the evolution of the Jesuit missions abroad through the reports of Diogo de Gouveia, the younger.

From 1540 to 1548 he returned to the rectorship of Saint Barbe, as his nephews traveled to Portugal. He was then in a difficult position, as king John III threatened to end Portuguese scholarships abroad, while engaging in founding a college for liberal arts in Portugal,

protestant reformation struggles.[11] In 1542 the king founded the Royal College of Arts and Humanities at Coimbra. As he appointed André de Gouveia, who had excelled as principal of the College of Guienne, in Bordeaux.[14] Diogo de Gouveia opposed it, accusing his nephew of Lutheranism
, preferring Diogo de Gouveia, the younger with whose reports he had taken solace.

As the Royal College of Arts and Humanities at Coimbra surpassed Saint Barbe as the main Portuguese student's destination, in subsequent years Parisian and Bordalese factions of teachers fought within the university.[14][15]

Diogo de Gouveia returned to Portugal in 1556, where he became

Canon of Lisbon Cathedral, having died the following year. He was buried in the crossing
of the Cathedral, the now lost epitaph in his tombstone, can be translated as:

Here lies Diogo Gouvea Doctor in Theology & rector of the University of Paris, Canon in this Holy See, who rose to & served five kings of Portugal & four of France & attended & negotiated for the good of Faith & honor of this Kingdom. He died the 8th day of December 1557.[16]

References

  1. ^ Diogo de Gouveia, o moço, who was ambassador of King John III at the Council of Trent is often mistaken with his uncle. See Machado, Diogo Barbosa (1741). Bibliotheca lusitana historica, critica e cronologica. Portugal: A. J. da Fonseca. p. 656.
  2. ^ DIAS, Francisco Rosa. "Escola Secundária Diogo de Gouveia (Beja) Diogo de Gouveia: o patrono da Escola". Diogo de Gouveia highschool. drealentejo.pt. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
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  5. ^ Infopedia. "Diogo de Gouveia". Infopedia, portuguese online enciclopedia. Porto Editora. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
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  8. ISBN 0-7661-6367-9
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  10. ISBN 978-85-7419-779-1
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  13. ^ Leite, Serafim (1955). Cartas do Brasil e mais Escritos do Pe.Manuel da Nóbrega. UC Biblioteca Geral. p. 9.
  14. ^
    ISBN 0-226-46733-3
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  15. ISBN 90-247-0195-3
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  16. ^ Machado, Diogo Barbosa Machado (1741). Bibliotheca lusitana historica, critica e cronologica. A. J. da Fonseca. p. 656.
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