a Portuguese theologian whose father was called Anthony of Sylva. He himself became prior of the Convent of Torres-Vedras. Versec in the ancient classics, he wrote Latin verse with greal facility. He died in 1751. He wrote, Epigrammatn Sacra Vitan B. Andrece de Comitibus... Explanantic (Lisbon, 1731) :-Hymnologia Sacra, em sex Partes dividida (ibid. 1737, 1744):-Funiculus Triplex; scilicet Regula Miagni Parentis Augustini Eremitarum Ordinis Patriarche, a tribus Augustiniance Familice Coeremitis, Patria Ulyssoponensibus Carmine Heroico Concinnata. Accedunt tres Epigraznmatum Libri et Centones ad Mysteria Christi (ibid. 1739) :-Martyrologium Augustinianum in tres Partes distributun, in quo Sancti, Beati, et Venerabiles gui in Augustiniana Religione claruerunt per singulos Totius Anni Dies referuntur, additis ad illorum Elogia Commentariis (ibid. 1743, pt. i). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.