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In 1529 it was published in Lisboa a translation of Psalms done by Gómez de Santofímia, that had a 2nd edition in 1535. It is quite possible, due to the proximity to Spain, that translations in Spanish were known, such as those of João Pérez de Piñeda, Francisco de Enzinas. Father Jesuit Luís Brandão translated the four Gospels.
[1] He was a Protestant pastor educated in the Dutch Reformed tradition, worked with Reformed churches in Java (at the time a Dutch colony; modern-day Indonesia), and also preached in Goa on the Indian subcontinent (at the time a Portuguese colony, now part of India). Ferreira de Almeida died in Batavia, Java.
Banco Português de Investimento (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbɐ̃ku puɾtuˈɣeʒ ðɨ ĩvɨʃtiˈmẽtu], "Portuguese Investment Bank"), or simply BPI, is a Portuguese private investment bank, currently owned by finance multinational CaixaBank. Founded in 1981, it runs the banking business with companies, institutional and private clients.
According to a study published in 2006 by professors Luís Reto and Jorge de Sá, with the stamp of approval by Instituto Nacional de Estatística and Secretaria de Estado das Comunidades, Benfica has approximately 14 million supporters worldwide: over 5.5 million in Europe (4.7 in Portugal); over 6 million in Mozambique (3.8) and Angola (2.7 ...
Portuguese and Spanish, although closely related Romance languages, differ in many aspects of their phonology, grammar, and lexicon.Both belong to a subset of the Romance languages known as West Iberian Romance, which also includes several other languages or dialects with fewer speakers, all of which are mutually intelligible to some degree.