Ferdinand the Holy Prince
Infante of the Kingdom of Portugal (1402-1443) · Died at 40
Ferdinand the Holy Prince, sometimes called the "Saint Prince" or the "Constant Prince", was an infante of the Kingdom of Portugal. He was the youngest of the "Illustrious Generation" of 15th-century Portuguese princes of the House of Aviz, and served as lay administrator of the Knightly Order of Aviz.
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1621 portrait of Ferdinand the Holy Prince in armor (from Antonio Vasconcellos's Anacephalaeoses).
Ferdinand the Holy Prince, from the 1450s triptych in Henry the Navigator's chapel at Batalha Monastery
Scenes from Ferdinand's captivity and death in Fez (from the Bollandist's Acta Sanctorum, 1695). The only known depiction of Ferdinand with a saint's halo.
Ferdinand's tomb at House of Aviz necropolis in Batalha Monastery. Set up in 1443, Ferdinand's organs were deposited here in 1451, his bodily remains in 1472-73.
Ferdinand the Holy Prince, from the Martirium pariter et gesta (Vat. Lat. Codex 3634)
Effigy of Ferdinand the Holy Prince in the Monument of the Discoveries, in Lisbon, Portugal.Awards
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Lived 1402 to 1443 · aged 40