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of the Capuchin mission. He returned to Italy in 1677 where he wrote a second biographical account of the Capuchin mission, which was not published until the twentieth century.
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In 1969, Giuseppe Pistoni discovered the original manuscripts of Cavazzi's work, written in Africa in 1668 among the papers of the Araldi Family of
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Biographical details are found in Giuseppe Pistone, "I manoscritti 'Araldi' di Padre Giovanni Antonio Cavazzi da Montecuccolo,"
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In addition to his extensive history, Cavazzi reedited some of his missionary biographies, found in both the Araldi MSS and in
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see John Thornton, "New Light on Cavazzi's Seventeenth-Century Description of Kongo," History in Africa 6 (1979): 253-4.
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and particularly at the court of Queen Njinga. The illustrations were subsequently published by Ezio Bassani.
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and his lengthy account of local history and culture as well as a history of the Capuchin mission there.
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For details of his visit, and the sources he used to rewrite his work on Kongo in later editions of
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translation of the book, edited by Graziano Saccardo was published in 2 volumes in
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Cavazzi was an indifferent student and was almost denied a position in the central
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Il Congo, cimitero dei Cappuccini, nell'inedito di P. Cavazzi (sec. XVII)
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Atti e memorie, Accademia Nazionale di Scienze, Lettere e Arti di Modena
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mission, but eventually prevailed thanks to his piety. He arrived in
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Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo presides over Queen Nzinga's funeral
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He was assigned the task of writing a history of the Capuchin
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Descrição Histórica dos tres reinos Congo, Matamba e Angola
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Istorica Descrizione de' tre regni Congo, Matamba ed Angola
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Istorica Descrizione de' tre regni Congo, Matamba ed Angola
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in the eastern end of the colony. He traveled widely as a
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and left Matamba in 1665, returning to Italy in 1667.
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Montecuccolo
Duchy of Modena and Reggio
Genoa
Republic of Genoa
Capuchin friar
missionary
Istorica Descrizione de' tre regni Congo, Matamba ed Angola
Capuchin
missionary
Portuguese Angola
African
Luanda
Portuguese possessions
chaplain
Portuguese Army
Pungo Andongo
Queen Nzinga
Matamba
Kingdom of Kongo
funeral
mission
Holy Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith
prefect
Istorica Descrizione de' tre regni Congo, Matamba ed Angola
German
French
Portuguese
Lisbon
Modena

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