Gregório de Matos

Description: (Brazilian Poet)
Gregório de Matos, or the Brazilian Villon, was a talented lawyer who at times defended the poor free of cost. He later penned many satirical poems, criticizing the Church. He was exiled to Angola, where he contracted a deadly disease. Upon his return to Brazil, he was barred from releasing his poems.

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Birthday December 23, 1636 (Capricorn)
Died on November 26, 1696
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