António de Mendonça

His Grace António de Mendonça
Archbishop of Lisbon
Portrait by Vieira Lusitano
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Lisbon
See	Cathedral of St. Mary Major
Installed	15 December 1670
Term ended	16 February 1675
Predecessor	Rodrigo da Cunha
Successor	Luís de Sousa
Personal details
Born	1600 Lamego, Portugal
Died	(1675-02-13)13 February 1675 Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality	Portuguese

D. António de Mendonça (1600 – 13 February 1675, in Lisbon) was Archbishop of Lisbon between 1670 and his death. He was the son of Nuno de Mendonça, 1st Count of Vale de Reis^[1] and was one of the main exponents in the fight against the excesses practiced by the Portuguese Inquisition.^[2]

References

^ Editores propritários (1864). Archivo pittoresco (in Portuguese). Vol. 7. Lisboa: Typographia de Castro Irmão. p. 221.
^ Joseph Lavallée (1822). Historia completa das inquisic̜ões de Italia, Hespanha, e Portugal: Ornada com oito estampas analogas aos principaes objectos que nella se tratão (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). Lisboa: Typographia Maigrense. p. 294.