Emanuele Ne Vunda
Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome
, 1615–1616.Antonio Emanuele Ne Vunda, also known as Antonio Manuel Nsaku Nvunda (or Vunta or Funda; died 1608), was an ambassador from the Kingdom of Kongo to the Vatican.
Career
Ne Vund was sent as ambassador by King Álvaro II in 1604.[1][2] Ne Vunda traveled through Brazil and Spain and only reached Rome on 3 January 1608, but he died two days later of illness.[3][1] He was the first African ambassador to the Holy See.
Legacy
A bust of Ne-Vunda made in colored marble can be seen at Santa Maria Maggiore, by Francesco Caporale in Rome.[4]
A painting of Ne Vunda is visible in the Sala dei Corazzieri,
Edo Japan
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References
- ^ JSTOR 25593873.
- JSTOR 1581869.
- ISBN 9780521770651.
- ^ University of Minnesota
Bibliography
- Teobaldo Filesi, Le relazioni tra il Regno del Congo e la Sede Apostolica nel XVI secolo, Pietro Cairoli, Como 1968.
- Luis Martínez Ferrer, Marco Nocca (ed.), “Coisas do outro mundo” A Missão em Roma de António Manuel, Príncipe de N’Funta, conhecido per “o Negrita” (1604-1608), na Roma de Paulo V, Urbaniana University Press, Città del Vaticano, 2003.
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