João VI to ensure the basic human rights of the native Indians. Three days after preaching the sermon, Saint Anthony sailed to Lisbon to try and obtain the favour of the King D. The tale is a metaphor, the big fish are the settlers in Maranhão, whom he insists may in turn themselves be eaten by bigger fish from Portugal. In the text, he condemns the oppression of the small fish by bigger fish. The text was written following conflicts that had arisen between the Brazilian settlers and the order of Jesuit priests who were against the enslavement of the native population. Luís do Maranhão in Brazil on 13 June (Saint Anthony’s Day on the Liturgical calendar) in 1654. The Sermon of Saint Anthony to the Fish, is one of the Father António Vieira’s best known literary works.
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