Eusébio de Matos (Salvador, 1629 — idem, 7 de julho de 1692)
Brazilian orator and painter, brother of Gregório de Matos.
Eusébio de Matos e Guerra was born in Bahia in 1629. In 1636, his brother, the poet Gregório de Matos, was born. In 1644, Eusébio de Matos took his vows in the Society of Jesus. In 1659, he represented his family's interests in a transaction with the Jesuit colleges of Bahia and of Santo Antão in Lisbon. He was summoned to Lisbon to be appointed royal orator – but was prevented from going by his superiors (1669). He published Ecce Homo in Lisbon (1677). He left the Society of Jesus and joined the Carmelite Order under the name Friar Eusébio da Soledade (1680). In 1681, he published in Lisbon the Sermão da soledade e lágrimas de Maria Santíssima Senhora Nossa [Sermon on the Solitude and Tears of Mary Most Holy, Our Lady]. That same year, Antônio Vieira returned to Bahia. In 1694, after his death, previously unpublished sermons of his were published in Lisbon. In 1923, Ecce Homo was published in Rio de Janeiro in the "Estante Clássica da Revista de Língua Portuguesa" [Classic Shelf of the Revista de Língua Portuguesa].
