First Inquisition visitation, Salvador

In 1591 the Portuguese Inquisition sent Heitor Furtado de Mendonça to Salvador. Over two years he took confessions and denunciations of heresy, crypto-Judaism, sodomy and witchcraft.

1591 CE · -12.97, -38.51 · status: official

The account

Brazil never had its own tribunal, so suspects were sent to Lisbon. The records are a major source on colonial magic, studied by Laura de Mello e Souza in 'O Diabo e a Terra de Santa Cruz' (1986).

Connections in the atlas

• Maria Gonçalves 'Arde-lhe-o-rabo'
• Inquisition visitation, Olinda
• The Santidade of Jaguaripe
• Luzia Pinta, calundu healer of Sabará

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Portuguese Inquisition