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1722. Carta de frei António das Chagas para [António Ribeiro de Abreu], Inquisidor de Coimbra.

Author(s)	António das Chagas
Addressee(s)	António Ribeiro de Abreu
In English	Request letter from friar António das Chagas, a priest, to [António Ribeiro de Abreu], an Inquisitor. The author asks for advice on how to behave regarding the Catholic confessions he has been hearing from a woman who seems to be possessed by the devil. A servant in the place of Felgueiras, in Northern Portugal, was accused of making a pact with the Devil. The witnesses who testified against her believed that she appeared to them in the company of a well dressed young man (the Devil in disguise). Later, they would forget all about it and only remember through the Catholic confession and communion. They believed to have been enchanted, made invisible and forgetful while they would have illicit sexual intercourse with other people. If there is no translation for the letter itself, you may copy the text (while using the view 'Standardization') and paste it to an automatic translator of your choice.

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