Padre António Vieira
6th February, 1608 (Lisbon, Portugal) – 18th July, 1697 (Bahia, Brazil)
In our Torel Palace Porto, a boutique hotel in the center of Porto, António Vieira is honored in one of our Junior Suite hotel rooms, with a double/twin bed and pool view.
This room is based on the ground floor and was decorated by the remarkable designer Isabel de Sá Nogueira. The bedroom is covered in dark green, and the bathroom is decorated in beautiful marble. The portrait of the author is from the audit of the painter Jorge Curval.
Both the bedroom and the bathroom are fully adapted for people with physical disabilities, one of the distinguishing features of this Suite.
- Up to 2 People
- 36 m2
- Double or Twin Bed
- Accessibility for People with Disabilities
- Pool View
- Coffee Machine
- Mini Bar
- Television
- Free WiFi
- Air Conditioning
- Hairdryer
- Safe Box
About...
Father António Vieira was a Portuguese philosopher, writer, and orator and one of the most influential figures of the 17th century at a political and oratory level.
Some of his Main Works:
Sermon for the Good Success of the Arms of Portugal against those of Holland (1640)
St Anthony’s Sermon to the Fishes (1653)
Sermon for the Fifth Sunday of Lent (1654)
Sermon of the Sexagesima (1655)
“Men, with their evil and perverse desires, become like fish, which eat one another (…) and the big ones eat the small ones.” – St Anthony’s Sermon to the Fishes, Padre António Vieira.
A notable prose writer, preacher, and the best-known Portuguese religious speaker, António Vieira strongly defended the rights of indigenous peoples, combating their exploitation. They called him “Paiaçu” (Great Father/Father, in Tupi). António Vieira also defended the Jews and the abolition of slavery.
Called “emperor of the Portuguese language” by Fernando Pessoa, his sermons, inspired by Brazilian and Portuguese baroque, attracted crowds in Lisbon.
Father António Vieira wrote more than 200 sermons and 700 letters.
