Jerónimo Lobo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jerónimo Lobo

Portuguese missionary

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1593

Place of Birth: Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal

Date of Death: 29-Jan-1678

Profession: diplomat, missionary, explorer

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jerónimo Lobo (1595 – 29 January 1678) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary.
He took part in the unsuccessful efforts to convert Ethiopia from the native Ethiopian church to Roman Catholicism until the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1643.
Afterwards he wrote an account of his time in Ethiopia, Itinerário, which is an important source for the history and culture of that country.