Afonso Mendes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Patriarch of Ethiopia
Date of Birth: 18-Jun-1579
Place of Birth: Santo Aleixo da Restauração, Beja District, Portugal
Date of Death: 21-Jun-1659
Profession: Catholic priest
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Afonso Mendes
- Father Afonso Mendes (18 June 1579 – 21 June 1659), was a Portuguese Jesuit theologian, and Patriarch of Ethiopia from 1622 to 1634.
- While E.A.
- Wallis Budge has expressed the commonly accepted opinion of this man, as being "rigid, uncompromising, narrow-minded, and intolerant", there are some who disagree with it.
- The writings of Mendes include Expeditionis Aethiopicae, which describes the customs and conditions of Ethiopia.
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