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[SOUSA (Fr. Luís de)]; CACEGAS (Fr. Luís). HISTORIA de S. Domingos Particular do Reino e Conquistas de Portugal. Lisboa. 1866. - [SOUSA (Fr. Luís de)]; CACEGAS (Fr. Luís) HISTORIA de S. Domingos Particular do Reino e Conquistas de Portugal . Por Fr. Luis Cacegas [...] reformada em estilo e ordem, e amplificada em successos e particularidades por Fr. Luís de Sousa. - Terceira Edição. Lisboa: Typ do Panorama, 1866. 6 v.; 220 mm. Friar Luís de Sousa (1555-1632), whose baptismal name was Manuel de Sousa Coutinho, was born in Santarém. He enlisted in the Order of Malta, was imprisoned by the Moors, and taken to Algiers where, according to some biographers, he met Miguel Cervantes. Ransomed in 1577, he returned to Portugal in 1579, living in Lisbon. After a trip to India at the beginning of the 17th century, he separated from his wife, Dona Madalena de Vilhena, whom he had married in 1584 or 1586, and entered the Convent of São Domingos de Benfica, professing in 1614, at which time he changed his name and where, by his own choice, he only served as a chronicler, this work being the result of that role. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate ¶ Inocêncio, v.16, p.72