death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
goa , portuguese india yes 21 june 1659 18 june 1579 santo aleixo , kingdom of portugal portuguese yes 18 june 1579 patriarch of ethiopia afonso mendes
 afonso mendes jesuit theologian
afonso mendes

father afonso mendes -lrb- 18 june 1579 -- 21 june 1659 -rrb- , was a portuguese jesuit theologian , and patriarch of ethiopia from 1622 to 1634 .
while e.a. wallis budge has expressed the commonly accepted opinion of this man , as being `` rigid , uncompromising , narrow-minded , and intolerant . ''
, there are some who disagree with it .
the writings of mendes include `` expeditionis aethiopicae '' , which describes the customs and conditions of ethiopia .
