Gabriel Pereira de Castro

Gabriel Pereira de Castro (1571-1632) was a Portuguese priest, lawyer and poet.
 Biography 
Gabriel Pereira de Castro was born in Braga on 7 February 1571. He became a priest there. Then he studied law at the University of Coimbra. He died on 18 October 1632 in Lisbon.

 Works 
Gabriel Pereira de Castro wrote some books about law. He is however known chiefly for his epic poem Ulisseia ou Lisboa Edificada (Ulisseia or Lisbon Built). It was published in 1636. It consists of ten books. It is written in ottava rima. Its form is typical for Renaissance epic poems. The poem imitates The Lusiads by Luís Vaz de Camões. It is about the founding of the town of Lisbon by Ulysses (Odysseus).

 References 

 Bibliography 
 Malcolm Jack, Lisbon: City of the Sea: A History, I. B. Tauris, London 2007, .

 Other websites 
 Fragments of Ulisseia ou Lisboa Edificada at Projecto Vercial. 


Category:1571 births
Category:1632 deaths
Category:Portuguese poets
Category:Portuguese Roman Catholics