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Miguel da Silva

Roman catholic cardinal
Person Human Q1772482

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[18]
Date of birth
1480
Date of death
1556
Place of birth
Évora
Place of death
Rome
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of Portugal[11]
Occupation
Catholic priest, mathematician, diplomat, bishop, Catholic theologian
Position held
Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, diocesan bishop, Cardinal in pectore, cardinal[13][14][15][16]
Religion or worldview
Catholic Church[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Portuguese[24]
Family name
Silva[19]
Given name
Miguel[20]
Native language
Portuguese[12]
Participant in
1549–50 papal conclave, April 1555 papal conclave, May 1555 papal conclave[21][22][23]
Place of burial
Rome[10]
Significant person
Pietro Bembo[25]
🏷️ Also known as
en Miguel da Silva ar ميغيل دا سيلفا fr Miguel de Silva ja ミゲル・ダ・シルヴァ pt D. Miguel da Silva zh 彌額爾·達·席爾瓦
🔖 Identifiers · 23
ISNI
0000000071389923
VIAF cluster ID
25753263
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n90708731
GND ID
132056631
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
D. Miguel da Silva (pormenor de Cristo em Casa de Marta, 1535-40, Gaspar Vaz - MNGV).png ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
122192252
British Museum person or institution ID
210388
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01331217
Catholic Hierarchy person ID
dasilvam
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
132056631
Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy ID
702-1
FAST ID
277253
Show all 23 identifiers +11
FactGrid item ID
Humanist
Freebase ID
/m/0h1h1p3
IdRef ID
030861446
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
132056631
National Library of Portugal ID
100575
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX4827797
Prabook ID
2075327
The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church ID
1539:Silva
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/140487
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJkXtGgJwtkB9Qg8m4QrMP
Yale LUX ID
person/c4d66feb-543b-4692-a713-0dbf422f671b

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🔗 Connections
Participant in 3
1549–50 papal conclave, April 1555 papal conclave, May 1555 papal conclave
Participated in 3
1549–50 papal conclave, April 1555 papal conclave, May 1555 papal conclave
Position held 3
diocesan bishop, Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, Cardinal in pectore
Occupation 2
mathematician, Catholic priest
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of Portugal
Family name 1
Silva
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Portuguese
Native language 1
Portuguese
Place of birth 1
Évora
Place of burial 1
Rome
Place of death 1
Rome
Religion or worldview 1
Catholic Church
Sex or gender 1
male
Significant person 1
Pietro Bembo
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Summary

Miguel da Silva was born on 1480[1] in Évora[2]. He died on 1556[3] in Rome[4]. He worked as a Catholic priest[5], mathematician[6], diplomat[7], bishop[8], and Catholic theologian[9].

FAQs

Where was Miguel da Silva born?

Miguel da Silva was born in Évora[2].

Where did Miguel da Silva die?

Miguel da Silva died in Rome[4].

What did Miguel da Silva do for work?

Miguel da Silva worked as a Catholic priest[5], mathematician[6], diplomat[7], bishop[8], and Catholic theologian[9].

Related Entities

Pietro Bembo

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65762: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  2. 25w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Position held → Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, diocesan bishop, Cardinal in pectore +1
    Occupation → Catholic priest, mathematician, diplomat +1
    "Created claim: Position held: cardinal"
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