Bartolomeu de Leão
Brazilian jesuit
About Bartolomeu de Leão
Lived 1641 – 1715 (aged 73–74). Bartolomeu de Leão was a society of Jesus.
Bartolomeu de Leão ( – 8 March 1715) was a Brazilian missionary and teacher.
Biography Born around 1641 in Rio de Janeiro, Bartolomeu de Leão joined the Society of Jesus at the age of 17 on 9 July 1658. In 1663, he taught humanities at the and became its rector in 1677. That same year, on 15 August, Leão made his solemn profession there. He worked with the Indians and was "remarkably skilled" in their language, revising the second edition of the Catechism in the Brasílica Language. Leão died on 8 March 1715, in Rio de Janeiro.
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Who was Bartolomeu de Leão?
Brazilian jesuit (c. 1641 – 1715)
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Bartolomeu de Leão was born in 1641 in Rio de Janeiro.
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Bartolomeu de Leão died on 8 March 1715 in Rio de Janeiro.
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Bartolomeu de Leão was a society of Jesus.
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