Abrir ListaFernão Cardim was born in the decade of 1540, maybe in 1548, in Viana do Alentejo. He was the son of Gaspar Clemente and his wife Inês Cardim.
He was brother of Dr. Jorge Cardim Fróis and inspector general, ombudsman and appeal court judge in several instances of the regal administration; he was also brother of Father Lourenço Cardim e and Father Diogo Fróis, both priests of the brotherhood of Companhia de Jesus; and of the Kingdom's Chief Surgeon, Dr. Manuel Cardim.
He started his novitiate at the Companhia de Jesus, in Évora, in 1566. He was a minister of the Évora College, having professed his four vows in 1582, when he was appointed accompanying visitor brother to Cristóvão de Gouveia, sent to lead the evangelizing mission of the brothers of the Companhia de Jesus in Brazil, where he arrived in 1583.
He was a Dean of the “Colégio da Bahia” (1590-1593; 1607-1625) and of the “Colégio do Rio de Janeiro” (1596-1598), attorney of the Province of Brazil in Rome (1598-1601) and provincial of Brazil for the brotherhood Companhia de Jesus (1604-1609).
When he was returning from Rome to Brazil, in 1601, Fernando Cardin and his companions were captured by English pirates, just as they were leaving the port of Lisbon, and taken to England where they were incarcerated for 18 months at Gatehouse prison in London.
The literary works of Fernão Cardim, that are amongst the most important in what concerns the 16th century chronicles, giving information about the history of colonization of Brazil, are the following:
- “Do Clima e Terra do Brasil e de algumas cousas notáveis que se acham assim na terra como no mar” (About the climate and the land of Brazil and some remarkable things found both on land as in sea);
- “Do Princípio e Origem dos Índios do Brasil e de seus costumes adoração e cerimoniais” (About the beginning and origin of the brazilian indians, their costumes, worship and ceremonies;
- “Narrativa Epistolar de uma viagem e missão jesuítica pela Bahia, Ilhéus, Porto Seguro, Pernambuco, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, S. Vicente (S. Paulo), etc. desde o anno de 1583 ao de 1590, indo por visitador o Padre Christovão de Gouvea” (Epistolary narrative of a journey and mission of the Companhia de Jesus to Bahia, Ilhéus, Porto Seguro, Pernambuco, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, S. Vicente (S.Paulo), from 1583 to 1590, having Father Christovão de Gouvea as visitator.)
Fernão Cardim died in Brazil, in the village of Abrantes, at the outskirts of Salvador, in 1625.
REFERENCES:
CARDIM, Fernão, Tratados da Terra e Gente do Brasil, transcrição, introdução e notas Ana Maria de Azevedo, Lisboa, Comissão Nacional para as Comemorações dos Descobrimentos Portugueses, 1997.
FERNANDES, Eunícia Barros, “Fernão Cardim: a epistolografia jesuítica e a construção do outro”, Tempo, Vol.14, n.º 27, 2009, s.p.
FERNANDES, Maria de Lurdes Correia, “Entre a família e a religião: a “vida” de João Cardim (1585-1615)”, Lusitânia Sacra, 2º serie, nº 5, 1993, pp. 93-120.
MAGALHÃES, Pablo Antonio Iglesias; PARAÍSO, Maria Hilda Baqueiro, “Cartas do Padre Fernão Cardim (1608-1618)”, Clio: Revista de Pesquisa Histórica, Vol. 27, nº 2, 2009, pp. 206-246.
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He was brother of Dr. Jorge Cardim Fróis and inspector general, ombudsman and appeal court judge in several instances of the regal administration; he was also brother of Father Lourenço Cardim e and Father Diogo Fróis, both priests of the brotherhood of Companhia de Jesus; and of the Kingdom's Chief Surgeon, Dr. Manuel Cardim.
He started his novitiate at the Companhia de Jesus, in Évora, in 1566. He was a minister of the Évora College, having professed his four vows in 1582, when he was appointed accompanying visitor brother to Cristóvão de Gouveia, sent to lead the evangelizing mission of the brothers of the Companhia de Jesus in Brazil, where he arrived in 1583.
He was a Dean of the “Colégio da Bahia” (1590-1593; 1607-1625) and of the “Colégio do Rio de Janeiro” (1596-1598), attorney of the Province of Brazil in Rome (1598-1601) and provincial of Brazil for the brotherhood Companhia de Jesus (1604-1609).
When he was returning from Rome to Brazil, in 1601, Fernando Cardin and his companions were captured by English pirates, just as they were leaving the port of Lisbon, and taken to England where they were incarcerated for 18 months at Gatehouse prison in London.
The literary works of Fernão Cardim, that are amongst the most important in what concerns the 16th century chronicles, giving information about the history of colonization of Brazil, are the following:
- “Do Clima e Terra do Brasil e de algumas cousas notáveis que se acham assim na terra como no mar” (About the climate and the land of Brazil and some remarkable things found both on land as in sea);
- “Do Princípio e Origem dos Índios do Brasil e de seus costumes adoração e cerimoniais” (About the beginning and origin of the brazilian indians, their costumes, worship and ceremonies;
- “Narrativa Epistolar de uma viagem e missão jesuítica pela Bahia, Ilhéus, Porto Seguro, Pernambuco, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, S. Vicente (S. Paulo), etc. desde o anno de 1583 ao de 1590, indo por visitador o Padre Christovão de Gouvea” (Epistolary narrative of a journey and mission of the Companhia de Jesus to Bahia, Ilhéus, Porto Seguro, Pernambuco, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, S. Vicente (S.Paulo), from 1583 to 1590, having Father Christovão de Gouvea as visitator.)
Fernão Cardim died in Brazil, in the village of Abrantes, at the outskirts of Salvador, in 1625.
REFERENCES:
CARDIM, Fernão, Tratados da Terra e Gente do Brasil, transcrição, introdução e notas Ana Maria de Azevedo, Lisboa, Comissão Nacional para as Comemorações dos Descobrimentos Portugueses, 1997.
FERNANDES, Eunícia Barros, “Fernão Cardim: a epistolografia jesuítica e a construção do outro”, Tempo, Vol.14, n.º 27, 2009, s.p.
FERNANDES, Maria de Lurdes Correia, “Entre a família e a religião: a “vida” de João Cardim (1585-1615)”, Lusitânia Sacra, 2º serie, nº 5, 1993, pp. 93-120.
MAGALHÃES, Pablo Antonio Iglesias; PARAÍSO, Maria Hilda Baqueiro, “Cartas do Padre Fernão Cardim (1608-1618)”, Clio: Revista de Pesquisa Histórica, Vol. 27, nº 2, 2009, pp. 206-246.
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