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Jerónimo Lobo
Portuguese missionary · Historical Figures · Lived 1593 to 1678 · aged 85
Jerónimo Lobo was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary. He took part in the unsuccessful efforts to convert Ethiopia from the native Ethiopian church to Roman Catholicism until the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1643.
Jerónimo Lobo is read about 8.5 times a day, in 10 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 23 August 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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"Abissinia, doue sono le Fonti del Nilo descritta secondo le relationi de P.P. Mendez, Almeida, Pais, Lobo, e Lodulfo del P. M. Coronelli M.C. Cosmografo della Seren. Rep. di Ventia"--Vincenzo Coronelli (1690)
Map from the Dutch edition of Historia de Etiopía a Alta ou Abassia, by Lobo & Manuel de AlmeidaAbout this person
Afterwards he wrote an account of his time in Ethiopia, Itinerário, which is an important source for the history and culture of that country.
Category
Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1593 to 1678 · aged 85
