Gabriel Malagrida, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gabriel Malagrida

Italian missionary

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1689

Place of Birth: Menaggio, Lombardy, Italy

Date of Death: 21-Sep-1761

Profession: cleric

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Gabriel Malagrida (18 September or 6 December 1689 – 21 September 1761) was an Italian Jesuit missionary in the Portuguese colony of Brazil and influential figure in the political life of the Lisbon Royal Court who described the devastating 1755 Lisbon earthquake as retribution prompted by God's wrath. Malagrida was famously caught up in the Távora affair and executed as a blasphemer and heretic.
When he could not be convicted for high treason, the Portuguese Prime Minister Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal, whose brother served as the head Inquisitor, had him executed for heresy.