Antônio Lemos Barbosa

Antônio Lemos Barbosa
Barbosa on 25 July 1959, during his priestly silver jubilee
Barbosa on 25 July 1959, during his priestly silver jubilee[1][2]
Born(1910-09-15)15 September 1910
Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died5 September 1970(1970-09-05) (aged 59)
Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara, Brazil
Notable workCurso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos

Antônio Lemos Barbosa (15 September 1910 – 5 September 1970) was a Brazilian priest, notably recognized for his contributions to Tupinology, that is, the study of Old Tupi.[3][4]

Barbosa was born on 15 September 1910,[3] in Três Corações, Minas Gerais,[2] being the second of four children. His father, Luís Barbosa, was a teacher at the house of his grandfather; there, Luís met Júlia Lemos Barbosa (née Lemos). Júlia died when Barbosa was 11 years old, during the birth of the couple's fifth child, who also died.[5] Barbosa pursued studies for seven years at the Gregorian University in Rome, where he earned doctoral degrees in Philosophy and Theology. He was ordained priest by Marchetti Selvaggiani on 25 July 1934. Barbosa celebrated his first Low Mass in the Catacombs of Domitilla, and his first High Mass at the Pontifical Pio Brazilian College [pt].[2]

Barbosa served as professor of Ethnography and Indigenous Languages at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio).[2] In 1956, he published the work Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos (lit. 'Course of Old Tupi: Grammar, Exercises, Texts'), which received favorable reviews from contemporary critics.[6] Basílio de Magalhães [pt], for instance, declared the work constituted a "didactic revolution".[7] It is considered that the work contains "interesting insights", but also that one of its weaknesses lies in the made-up, non-attested examples; it is deemed more reasonable that the description of a dead language contains only attested examples.[8]

Barbosa died on 5 September 1970, after being hospitalized for two months at Casa de Saúde São José [pt].[9][3]

References

  1. ^ "JUBILEU SACERDOTAL DO PADRE BARBOSA" [PRIESTLY JUBILEE OF FATHER BARBOSA]. Vida Doméstica [pt] (in Portuguese). October 1959. p. 70. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Jubileu Sacerdotal do Padre Barbosa" [Priestly Jubilee of Father Barbosa]. A Cruz (in Portuguese). 19 July 1959. p. 2. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Padre Antônio Lemos Barbosa" [Father Antônio Lemos Barbosa]. Jornal do Brasil (in Portuguese). 6 September 1970. p. 7. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  4. ^ Pires, Heliodoro (8 May 1960). "Notabilidades da Igreja na Cultura Nacional" [Notabilities of the Church in National Culture]. A Cruz (in Portuguese). p. 6. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  5. ^ "padre barbosa" [father barbosa]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 11 May 1961. p. 1. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  6. ^ "MOVIMENTO LITERARIO" [LITERARY MOVEMENT]. A Cruz (in Portuguese). 10 June 1956. p. 3. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  7. ^ Magalhães, Basílio de (16 February 1947). "CURSO DE TUPÍ ANTIGO" [COURSE OF OLD TUPI]. Jornal do Commercio (in Portuguese). p. 3. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  8. ^ Ferraz Gerardi 2023, p. 36.
  9. ^ "PADRE ANTONIO LEMOS BARBOSA" [FATHER ANTONIO LEMOS BARBOSA]. Jornal do Brasil (in Portuguese). 4 October 1970. p. 48. Retrieved 10 December 2023.

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