Portuguese Inquisition

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Catholic institution inquisition religious tribunal

The Portuguese Inquisition was a powerful religious tribunal established in Portugal in the 16th century that persecuted Jews, conversos, and other alleged heretics under the authority of the Catholic Church and the Portuguese crown.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Holy Office of the Inquisition in Portugal	1
Inquisição Portuguesa	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic institution ⓘ inquisition ⓘ religious tribunal ⓘ
abolishedUnder	John VI of Portugal ⓘ surface form: King John VI of Portugal
aim	control of New Christian population ⓘ enforcement of Catholic orthodoxy ⓘ suppression of heresy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Portuguese Inquisition ⓘ surface form: Holy Office of the Inquisition in Portugal Portuguese Inquisition ⓘ surface form: Inquisição Portuguesa
approvedBy	Pope Paul III ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
dissolvedBy	liberal revolution in Portugal ⓘ
endTime	1821 ⓘ
foundedBy	King John III of Portugal ⓘ
hadTribunalIn	Coimbra ⓘ Goa ⓘ Lisbon ⓘ Évora ⓘ
headquarters	Lisbon ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Early Modern period ⓘ
jurisdiction	Angola ⓘ Portuguese America ⓘ surface form: Brazil (colonial) Cape Verde Islands ⓘ surface form: Cape Verde Goa ⓘ Portugal ⓘ Portuguese Empire ⓘ Portuguese India ⓘ São Tomé ⓘ
legalBasis	canon law ⓘ royal ordinances of Portugal ⓘ
mainTribunal	Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition ⓘ surface form: General Council of the Holy Office
method	use of torture during interrogations ⓘ
notableEvent	first auto-da-fé in Lisbon in 1540 ⓘ
persecutedGroup	Jews ⓘ Muslims ⓘ Sephardi Jews ⓘ surface form: New Christians Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestants alleged heretics ⓘ alleged witches ⓘ conversos ⓘ crypto-Jews ⓘ people accused of Judaism ⓘ people accused of bigamy ⓘ people accused of blasphemy ⓘ people accused of sodomy ⓘ
punishment	confiscation of property ⓘ execution by burning ⓘ imprisonment ⓘ public penance ⓘ
religion	Catholicism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
startTime	1536 ⓘ
subordinateTo	Holy See ⓘ Portuguese Crown ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Portuguese Inquisition → alsoKnownAs → Portuguese Inquisition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inquisição Portuguesa

Portuguese Inquisition → alsoKnownAs → Portuguese Inquisition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holy Office of the Inquisition in Portugal

Spanish Inquisition → differentFrom → Portuguese Inquisition ⓘ

Inquisition → hadComponent → Portuguese Inquisition ⓘ