Odulfo van der Vat

Biographic Data

ID5404244
NAMEOdulfo van der Vat
GIVEN NAMESOdulfo
FAMILY NAMEvan der Vat
SIGNATUREVAN DER VAT O
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS1
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR1
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1948
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1948
H-INDEX1

  • The First Franciscans of Brazil

    Open AccessOdulfo van der VatARTICLEThe Americas A Quarterly Review…1948Cited by: 1

    In the Year 1584, the Minister General of the Franciscan Order, Father Francisco Gonzaga, enjoined on Frei Melquior de Santa Catarina, a Portuguese Franciscan, the task of founding in the “Land of the Holy Cross,” the Custody of St. Anthony. Frei Melquior and his companions arrived in Brazil the following year, 1585, and the first friary established by them was that of Nossa Senhora das Neves in the city of Olinda, the capital of the Captaincy of…