Francisco Correa Netto (17th century) was a sexton in Portugal whose gay love letters are the earliest surviving examples in a modern language.
He exchanged several explicitly homosexual love letters with the musician and instrument maker Manuel Viegas who also worked at the Cathedral.
[1] Out of apparent jealousy, as Correa Netto allegedly wanted to get engaged to a woman, his former lover presented the letters to the vicar of Silves.
Several witnesses testified that Correa Netto was a "sodomite" and the content of the letters was cited as evidence.
If Your Grace [Vossa Merce] would wish the same, dispose of me, I am at your service, to whom I swear unto death, to offer what is needed, and the losses are mine.