Antônio Lemos Barbosa

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Antônio Lemos Barbosa (15 September 1910 – 5 September 1970) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic priest, known primarily for his contributions to Tupinology, that is, to studies of Old Tupi.[1]

Biography

Antônio Lemos Barbosa was born in the municipality of Três Corações, Minas Gerais, into a family of farmers. He studied humanities at the Diocesan Seminary of Campanha, then was sent to the Pontifical Latin American College, where he studied for seven years at the Gregorian University, where he obtained a doctorate in philosophy and theology. He was ordained priest on July 24, 1934 by Cardinal Marchetti-Selvagianni, Vicar General of Rome. He celebrated his first mass recited in the Catacombs of Domitilla and sung in the Pontifical Pio Brazilian College, of which he was the first student and the first priest.

He was, successively, Secretary of the Bishopric and Curate of the Campanha Cathedral, professor of Fundamental Theology at the Central Seminary of São Paulo, pastor of Lambari, Minas Gerais, and professor of Ethnography and Indigenous Languages at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio).[2]

In 1956, he published the book Ancient Tupi Course: Grammar, Exercises and Texts, which was well received by the critics of the time.[3]

From 1947 on, he dedicated himself to the Church of Our Lady of Copacabana, actively participating in its reconstruction, and was appointed its rector in 1954.[lower-alpha 1] From this phase, Father Barbosa also left two properties for the construction of the future Church of the Resurrection.[lower-alpha 2] He also introduced open-air masses in Rio de Janeiro, making the little church of Our Lady of Copacabana known throughout the country.[lower-alpha 3]

He died in Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara at 59 years of age.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ In June 1957, TV Rio, Channel 13, started to broadcast live, Sunday at 1 pm, the Holy Mass celebrated in the Chapel of Our Lady of Copacabana, with explanations given by Father Barbosa. The mass was in Latin.
  2. ↑ He helped rebuild the Resurrection Parish, whose first headquarters was located where the Fort Copacabana is today, and dedicated himself to it from 1947 until his death in 1970. To this end, Lemos Barbosa received assistance even from the then first lady of Brazil, Jandira Café, in addition to other contemporary personalities, such as Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Eduardo Gomes, Amorim do Valle, and Juarez Távora.[4]
  3. ↑ In Rio de Janeiro at the beginning of the 1950s, when the new Church of Our Lady of Copacabana had not yet been built, and since the little improvised chapel could not hold the large number of assistants, Father Barbosa held mass outdoors, which was pleasantly accepted by the Catholic society of the then capital of Brazil.

Citations

  1. ↑ "Notabilidades da Igreja na Cultura Nacional." A Cruz: Orgão da Parochia de S. João Baptista. Rio de Janeiro (8 de maio de 1960). Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Jubileu Sacerdotal do Padre Barbosa." A Cruz: Orgão da Parochia de S. João Baptista. Rio de Janeiro (19 de julho de 1959). Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Movimento Literário." A Cruz: Orgão da Parochia de S. João Baptista. Rio de Janeiro (10 de junho de 1956). Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  4. ↑ Carvalho, Edmundo. "História da Paróquia." Paróquia da Ressurreição. Retrieved 29 May 2022.

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