Manuel de Faria e Sousa
Manuel de Faria e Sousa was born on March 18, 1590. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Manuel de Faria e Sousa
Manuel de Faria e Sousa (European Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐnuˈɛl dɨ fɐˈɾi.ɐ i ˈsozɐ]; Spanish: Manuel de Faría y Sosa; 18 March 1590 – 3 June 1649) was a Portuguese historian and poet who frequently wrote in Spanish. Born into a Portuguese noble family, Faria e Sousa studied in Braga before serving the Bishop of Porto. Aside from his time with the Portuguese embassy in Rome from 1631 to 1634, he spent most of his later life in Madrid, where he died in June 1649. He was married to Catarina Machado, the "Albania" of his poems. His early work, Epitome de las historias Portuguesas (Madrid,…