Mattheus Pinna da Encarnaçao (23 August 1687 – 18 December 1764) was a Brazilian

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writer and theologian.

Life

He was born at

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. On 3 March 1703, he became a Benedictine at the Abbey of Nossa Senhora do Montserrate at Rio de Janeiro, where he also studied the humanities and philosophy under . After studying theology at the monastery of Bahia, he was ordained priest 24 March 1708, and appointed professor of philosophy and theology. Along with (died 1800), Antonio de São Bernardo (died 1774) and a few others, he was considered among the most learned Benedictines of his province. In 1726 he was elected abbot of the monastery at Rio de Janeiro, but soon after his election incurred the displeasure of , the Governor of Brazil, who banished him from his monastery in 1727. He escaped to Portugal, became very influential at Court and was restored to his monastery by Cardinal in 1729. He held the office of abbot repeatedly thereafter; both at Rio de Janeiro (1729–31 and 1739) and at Bahia in 1746. In 1732 he was elected provincial abbot, in which capacity he visited the distant monasteries of Brazil, despite the difficulty of travel. He was again elected provincial abbot in 1752, but this time he declined, preferring to spend his old age in prayer and retirement. He died in

Works

His works are: * (Lisbon, 1729), an extensive treatise on

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and

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against

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, Baius,

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, etc. * (Lisbon, 1730–37), four volumes of sermons on the Gospels *, in six volumes, which he did not complete entirely nor was it published

References

;Attribution * The entry cites: **''Dietario do Mosteiro de N. S. do Montserrate do Rio de Janeiro'', preserved in Manuscript at the Monastery Library of Rio de Janeiro, 69-74, 312-18; **RAMIZ GALVÃO,'' Apontamentos historicos sobre a Ordem Benedictino em general, e em particular sobre o Mosteiro de N. S. do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro'' in Revista Trimensal do Instituto historico, geographico e ethnographico do Brasil (Rio de Janeiro, 1872), 249 sq. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinna da Encarnacao, Mattheus 1687 births 1764 deaths Brazilian Benedictines Benedictine abbots Brazilian Roman Catholic theologians Benedictine theologians 18th-century Christian abbots