Francisco Manuel Homem Cristo (8 March 1860 – 25 February 1943) was a Portuguese military and political republican. He was distinguished as one of the officers of the

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involved in the events surrounding the

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. Accused of having betrayed the republican ideals in 1910, he found himself forced into exile in France. He was the great-great-grandfather of Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo, one half of the former electronic music duo

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Publications

*''The events of January 31 and my imprisonment'' *''Pro-Patria'' *''Political banditry'' *''Letters from afar: I - Secondary education in Portugal and France'' *''Letters from afar: II - In defense of the instruction of the people'' *''Monarchists and Republicans'' *''Bolshevism in Russia'' *''Notes of my life and my time'' (7 volumes)

External link

Francisco Manuel Homem Cristo, Faculty and Students from the First Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cristo, Francisco Manuel Homem 1860 births 1943 deaths Portuguese emigrants to France Portuguese military officers Portuguese politicians University of Porto People from Aveiro, Portugal Portuguese academics Portuguese army personnel