Brás Viegas

Brás Viegas was a Portuguese Jesuit, known as a biblical commentator.

Life

He was born in Évora, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1569. He became a teacher at Coimbra and the University of Évora, where he was granted a doctorate in 1594.

Works

Commentarii exegetici in Apocalypsim

The book became well known; in it Viegas expressed his expectation for spiritual renewal led by the Society of Jesus. There were later editions, edited by Odoardo Farnese. It was translated into Ge'ez by Jesuit missionaries.

Meditações sobre os mysterios da paixam, resurreiçam, e acensaõ de Christo Nosso Senhor

By the Jesuit Vincenzo Bruno.