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- n. Alternative form of auto da fe.
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“It was at this point that the tribunal of the Inquisition intervened, requesting the viceroy, Calleja (who had succeeded Venegas) to delay execution of the sentence four days, and citing Morelos to a public auto de fe on 27 November.”
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sarra Properly auto-da-fé or auto-de-fé. Da is Portugese and most common in this usage, de Spanish. Mar 4, 2008
chained_bear I've never seen it spelled "de" before. I wonder why. (It isn't that I'm Portuguese or anything.) Mar 3, 2008
john Hm, not sure. Wikipedia has it spelled this way, and redirects the 'da' spelling to it as well. Britannica (warning: loud, obnoxious ads on site) has 'da' as the Portuguese spelling. Mar 3, 2008
chained_bear Is it really spelled "de" or "da"? Mar 3, 2008
sionnach John: Are you making a distinction between this term and the term auto da fe, which is generally considered to include both the reading of the sentences by the Inquisition and their subsequent execution by civil authorities, usually in the form of a very public burning at the stake?
My favorite opera, Don Carlos, has an excellent auto da fe scene at the end of the second act. Then there's that song in "Candide" as well. Mar 3, 2008
john Means "act of faith" in medieval Spanish. The ceremony during which the sentences of those convicted by the Spanish Inquisition were read. Mar 3, 2008