António Alves Martins

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|type=Bishop

|honorific_prefix=His Most Reverend Excellency, Dom

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|name=António Alves Martins

|title=Bishop of Viseu

|diocese=Roman Catholic Diocese of Viseu

|term=1862–1882

|predecessor=José Xavier de Cerveira e Sousa

|successor=José Dias Correia de Carvalho

|birth_date={{birth date|1808|2|18|df=y}}

|birth_place=Alijó, Portugal

|death_date={{death date and age|1882|5|2|1808|2|18|df=y}}

|death_place=Viseu, Portugal

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António Alves Martins (18 February 1808 – 5 February 1882) was a Portuguese bishop, professor, journalist and politician, he was bishop of Viseu.{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bampe.html|title=António Alves Martins|publisher=Catholic Hierarchy}}

Biography

He joined the Order of St. Francis at age 16, he later went to the University of Coimbra. In 1828, he was expelled, having been accused for the participation of the Porto Liberal Liberation that took place on 16 May.

He headed Jornal Nacional from 1848 to 1849. In 1852, he became a university professor He became Bishop of Viseu in 1862.

He was also leader of the Reformist Party from 1868 to 1869. Later he was acclaimed as Minister to the King in the same year and in 1870.

He later lived in Viseu which he remained until his death at Paço do Fontelo, the old Paço Episcopal in the same diocese.{{cite web|url=http://www.cm-viseu.pt/index.php/conhecer-viseu/monumental/fontelo|title=Paço do Fontelo|publisher=Município de Viseu|language=pt|access-date=2017-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415031511/http://www.cm-viseu.pt/index.php/conhecer-viseu/monumental/fontelo|archive-date=2014-04-15|url-status=dead}}

A statue is named in his honor in Viseu.

References

Bibliography

[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/29417/29417-h/29417-h.htm D. Antonio Alves Martins, Bispo de vizeu, Esboço biographico], by Camillo Castello Branco, Ernesto Chardron International Library (LUGAN & GENELIOUX, successores), Porto, 1889] {{in lang|pt}}