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Mello dom Francisco Manuel de
(1608–1666)

Portuguese writer, a connection on his father's side of the royal house of Braganza, was a native of Lisbon. He studied the Humanities at the Jesuit College of St. Antão, where he showed a precocious talent, and tradition says that at the age of fourteen he composed a poem in ottava rima to celebrate the recovery of Bahia from the Dutch,... More...

Portugal, 2010, «Auto do Fidalgo Aprendiz»