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André de Resende was a Portuguese humanist, Dominican friar, classical scholar, poet, and antiquarian born around 1498 in Évora. He is regarded as the father of archaeology in Portugal and, together with Nicolaus Clenardus, is considered a pioneer in advancing Christian humanism in Renaissance Portugal.
No. Despite an admiring correspondence initiated after Resende published a poem in praise of Erasmus, the two never met in person. Erasmus repeatedly inquired about Resende in letters to their mutual friend Damião de Góis.
Resende was accused of forging ancient Roman inscriptions. The nineteenth-century epigraphy specialist Emil Hübner concluded that at least one inscription Resende presented as authentic was inauthentic. Philip Spann, writing in 1981, called Resende one of the great sixteenth-century forgers of inscriptions.
Resende died on the 9th of December 1573 in his home in Évora. He is buried in the chapel of the right transept of the Cathedral of Évora.
Resende published Encomium urbis et academiae in 1530, along with a poem praising Erasmus, Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami Encomium, and Genethliacon Principis Lusitani. Later works include the História da antiguidade da cidade de Évora (1553) and De Antiquitatibus Lusitaniae, which was completed posthumously and published in 1593.
When the Jesuits took over administration of the University of Coimbra in 1555, the contracts of Resende and other humanists were not renewed. Resende had been a professor of Sacred Theology there since 1551.