Brás Viegas

Brás Viegas (Blasius de Viegas) (1553–1599) was a Portuguese Jesuit, known as a biblical commentator.

He was born in Évora, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1569.

He became a teacher at Coimbra and the University of Évora, where he was granted a doctorate in 1594.

[1] The book became well known; in it Viegas expressed his expectation for spiritual renewal led by the Society of Jesus.

[3] It was translated into Ge'ez by Jesuit missionaries.