Monument in San Giovanni in Laterale
António Martins de Chaves (died 6 July 1447) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church and bishop of Porto in Portugal .[ 1]
He was made cardinal on the 18 December 1439 by Pope Eugenius IV . He founded the church and hospice of San Antonio dei Portoghesi in 1440.[ 2]
He attended the Council of Basel as a representative of King Edward I of Portugal.[ 3]
Chaves was buried at the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran , where he was archpriest from 1444 to his death.[ 1] His tomb was executed by Isaia da Pisa .
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Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1914). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. (in Latin), pp. 8 no. 14; 26 no. 1, 27 no. 33; 28 no. 81; 218, with note 1.