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    Henrique Soares de Coimbra O.F.M. (Coimbra, ca. 1465 – 14 September 1532(1532-09-14) (aged 66–67)) was a Portuguese friar and bishop. He was a renowned...
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    The Associação Académica de Coimbra – Organismo Autónomo de Futebol (AAC-OAF), also referred to as Académica de Coimbra (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐkɐˈðɛmikɐ...
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    (1994), O Padrão dos Descobrimentos - roteiro para visita de estudo (in Portuguese), Coimbra, Portugal{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher...
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    first mass in Brazil was celebrated by Portuguese friar and bishop Henrique de Coimbra on April 26, 1500 (May 6 in the current calendar), a Sunday, on the...
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    passengers were: Pêro Vaz de Caminha and the Franciscan father, Frei Henrique de Coimbra. 1501–?: João da Nova commands the third Portuguese expedition to...
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    about the newcomers and attended the First Mass, celebrated by Friar Henrique de Coimbra, on Sunday, 26 April 1500. The Portuguese liked to think they had...
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  • Marie of Liechtenstein, her father's maternal cousin, and Henrique Nuno de Bragança, Duke of Coimbra, her father's brother. She graduated in Social and Cultural...
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    undertook the voyages were Pêro Vaz de Caminha and the Franciscan Frei Henrique de Coimbra. 1501-?: João da Nova commanded the third Portuguese expedition to...
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    University of Coimbra (UC; Portuguese: Universidade de Coimbra, pronounced [univɨɾsiˈðaðɨ ðɨ kuˈĩbɾɐ]) is a public research university in Coimbra, Portugal...
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    the largest city of the district of Coimbra and the Centro Region. About 460,000 people live in the Região de Coimbra, comprising 19 municipalities and...
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    expedition of India and attended a Thanksgiving Mass celebrated by Friar Henrique de Coimbra, in the presence of eight Franciscan friars. It was the first mass...
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    Henrique O'Neill, 1st Viscount of Santa Mónica (Lisbon, 3 August 1823 – Lisbon, 6 November 1889) was a Portuguese writer, jurist and politician. Henrique...
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  • Luísa de Jesus, spelt Luiza at the time, was born on 10 December 1748, in Figueira de Lorvão, a locality that was part of the municipality of Coimbra in...
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    accounts of Pero Vaz de Caminha. In it, the moment is depicted in a circular arrangement around the main figure, friar Henrique de Coimbra, who also occupies...
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  • Henrique Teixeira de Queirós de Barros (7 October 1904, in Coimbra – 21 August 2000) was a Portuguese politician. Henrique was the son of João de Barros...
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    University of Coimbra (Portuguese: Jardim Botânico da Universidade de Coimbra or simply Jardim Botânico) is a botanical garden in Coimbra, Portugal. It...
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    parish and the civil parish. Its construction was driven by Friar Henrique de Coimbra, Bishop of Ceuta, who celebrated the first mass in Brazil and is...
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    Henry (Portuguese: Henrique [ẽˈʁikɨ]; 31 January 1512 – 31 January 1580), dubbed the Chaste (Portuguese: o Casto) and the Cardinal-King (Portuguese: o...
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    (1139), when Prince Afonso Henriques declared himself King of Portugal and chose Coimbra as capital. The first Count of Coimbra, the Mozarab Sisnando Davides...
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    Cruz in Coimbra (Washington, DC: Catholic University Press, 1954). Sousa Viterbo, Francisco, Marques de (1890). O mosteiro de Sancta Cruz de Coimbra: Annotações...
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    (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈfõsu]; 1106/1109/1111 – 1185), also called Afonso Henriques, nicknamed the Conqueror (Portuguese: O Conquistador) and the Founder...
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  • Ayres Correa Manoel Rocha as Pero Vaz Caminha Alfredo Silva as Henrique de Coimbra De Los Rios as Duarte Pacheco Arthur Oliveira as Pedro Escobar J. Silveira...
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    Afonso Henriques took over the government of the county of Portugal. In 1135 founded the Castle of Leiria, roughly halfway between Coimbra and Santarém...
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    other nobles to study in Coimbra, Portugal to aid him in modernizing the kingdom. Among those sent included his own son Henrique, who was sponsored by the...
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    This was unexpected as both Coimbra and Aveiro had multiple theatrical locations, while Guimarães only had the Afonso Henriques Theatre. On 26 February 1866...
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  • Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril Escola Náutica Infante D. Henrique Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa...
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    county would be formed decades later when what would become the County of Coimbra was conquered from the Moors by Hermenegildo Guterres. This moved the frontier...
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    of Coimbra: Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (1949–2017), Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza's third son; Infanta Maria Francisca, Duchess of Coimbra (born...
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    Coimbra Old Cathedral (Sé Velha de Coimbra) of the city of Coimbra, in Portugal. The cathedral is located near the historical University of Coimbra in...
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  • Fernando de Castro led the company of knights and squires of Henry's household, taking along his own sons Álvaro de Castro and Henrique de Castro. At...
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