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Manoel Severim de Faria
1583–1655
A restless scholar-priest of early modern Portugal, he wrote about history, genealogy, politics, and empire with a wide curiosity that made later readers remember him as a pioneering journalist as well as a man of letters.
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Noticias de Portugal
by Manoel Severim de Faria
About the author
Born in Lisbon and active mainly in Évora, Manoel Severim de Faria was a Portuguese Catholic priest, writer, and learned antiquarian who lived from 1583/1584 to 1655. Sources describe him as a historian, archaeologist, numismatist, genealogist, and author, reflecting the unusually broad range of his interests.
He studied in Évora and built a reputation for gathering and sharing knowledge across many fields. Modern reference works and scholarly projects note both his erudition and his taste for practical, evidence-based inquiry, while Portuguese-language sources also credit him as an early or even the first Portuguese journalist.
His works include political and historical writings such as Noticias de Portugal and Varios discursos politicos. Remembered today as a bridge between Renaissance humanism and a more modern, curious style of scholarship, he remains an intriguing figure in Portuguese intellectual history.