Hunger is frequently mentioned in Frei João Álvares's c. 1460 chronicle. Álvares also describes him as dressed in a black robe and long black cloak (p. 145), and is referred to as having a beard (p. 208)
Frei João Álvares (c. 1460) Tratado da vida e dos feitos do muito vertuoso Senhor Infante D. Fernando, first published 1527 and then again in 1577. It was republished in 1730 under the new title Chronica dos feytos, vida, e morte do infante santo D. Fernando, que morreo em Fez. (online)
Original Spanish version can be found in El principe constante (Maccoll ed., 1888). For an English translation, see D.F. McCarthy's "the Constant Prince" in Dramas of Calderon (1853: v.1). See also Rodrigues 2003 Rodrigues, Maria Idalina (2003). Do Muito Vertuosos Senhor Ifante Dom Fernando a El Principe Constante. Vol. X. Via Spiritus. pp. 39–80.
de Sousa, Antonio Caetano (1735). Historia genealogica da casa real portugueza [Genealogical History of the Royal House of Portugal] (in Portuguese). Vol. 2. Lisboa Occidental. p. 4.
de Sousa, Antonio Caetano (1735). Historia genealogica da casa real portugueza [Genealogical History of the Royal House of Portugal] (in Portuguese). Vol. 1. Lisboa Occidental. p. 316.
Hunger is frequently mentioned in Frei João Álvares's c. 1460 chronicle. Álvares also describes him as dressed in a black robe and long black cloak (p. 145), and is referred to as having a beard (p. 208)
e.g. in Antonio de Vasconcellos's 1621 Anacephalaeoses (p. 174), which Vasconcellos claims was copied from an image at Ferdinand's own tomb in Batalha, but "he is depicted there in a vulgar outfit, whereas here we depict him with the armor of a warrior." (p. 194).
For a copy of the bull of Pope Paul II, dated January 4, 1470, see São Boaventura (1836: App. 1)
Saraiva 1925, pp. 109–110, Cristino (1991), Rebelo (2002), Amaral (2009). Oddly, Henry Brock, the author of the article on Ferdinand in the 1911 Catholic Encyclopedia (Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Blessed Ferdinand" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.), says Ferdinand was beatified in 1470. This is an error. The process was stopped in its tracks with Paul II's death. As reported later, "O Infante Santo ... não he canonizado nem beatificado" (L. de Sousa, Historia de S. Domingos, 1623: p. 644). See also the official website of the Diocese of Leiria-Fatima. Saraiva, José (1925). Os Painéis do Infante Santo. Leiria: Central.
French chronicler Jean de Wavrin relates a speech to this effect by Afonso V before the walls of Asilah in 1471, "et mesmement avoient fait morir en prison, inhaminement, contre tout honneur, le tres catholicque prince l'infant don Ferrant, son oncle, frere au roy defunct son pere, qu'ilz tenoient , pour certaines causes, hostagier en ycelle ville d'Azille...'Haa! quanteffois, et á com grant regret me vient au devant, toutes fois que je vois ce pays, la doulent prison de nostre tres amé oncle (l'infant don Fernant] avec sa plourable mort, etc." (J. de Wavrin, Anchiennes Cronicque d'Engleterre (1863 Paris ed., v.3: pp. 85–96)
The 1473 date is reported in Pina 1901b, ch. 83, ch.172. But many scholars claim it was a little earlier, in 1472 or perhaps even 1471 (e.g. Rodrigues 2003). Pina, Ruy de (1901b) [1790]. Pereira, Gabriel (ed.). Chronica d'el Rey D. Affonso. Lisbon: Escriptorio. Rodrigues, Maria Idalina (2003). Do Muito Vertuosos Senhor Ifante Dom Fernando a El Principe Constante. Vol. X. Via Spiritus. pp. 39–80.
This story is related in a final note by an unknown author appended to the 1577 edition of Álvares's Chronica (Ch.43). It is also given in Pina 1901b, ch. 172. See Rodrigues 2003, p. 47. Pina, Ruy de (1901b) [1790]. Pereira, Gabriel (ed.). Chronica d'el Rey D. Affonso. Lisbon: Escriptorio. Rodrigues, Maria Idalina (2003). Do Muito Vertuosos Senhor Ifante Dom Fernando a El Principe Constante. Vol. X. Via Spiritus. pp. 39–80.
Jerónimo Román, Historia de los dos religiosos de Portugal(1595: online)
Frs. Luís de Cacegas and Luís de Sousa, Historia de S. Domingos (1623,Chs. 27–32 (p.667-81) (note: this was written by Fr. Luís de Sousa on the basis of material collected earlier by Fr. Luis de Cacegas at the convent of St. Dominic in Benfica.)
"Die Quinta Junii De Sancto Principe Ferdinando, filio Ioannis I Lusitaniae regis, magistro equitum avisii, ordinis cisterc., fessa in Maurica captivitate defuncto, at ad Bataliense prope Leriam in Portugallia coenobium translato" in Acta Sanctorum Junii (June, volume 1), 1695 ed., vol. 20 pp. 561–91
See the bilingual Aubertin translation (1878–84), The Lusiads of Camoens4.51–52
Saraiva 1925, pp. 109–110, Cristino (1991), Rebelo (2002), Amaral (2009). Oddly, Henry Brock, the author of the article on Ferdinand in the 1911 Catholic Encyclopedia (Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Blessed Ferdinand" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.), says Ferdinand was beatified in 1470. This is an error. The process was stopped in its tracks with Paul II's death. As reported later, "O Infante Santo ... não he canonizado nem beatificado" (L. de Sousa, Historia de S. Domingos, 1623: p. 644). See also the official website of the Diocese of Leiria-Fatima. Saraiva, José (1925). Os Painéis do Infante Santo. Leiria: Central.
Cristino 1991, p. 90; Amaral 2009. The official website of the Diocese of Leiria-Fatima continues to list Ferdinand the Holy, but only as an unbeatified "popular cult" figure. Cristino, Luciano Coelho (1991). "O culto do Infante Santo D. Fernando no mosteiro da Batalha". Actas do III Encontro sobre História Dominicana. Vol. I. Porto: Arquivo Histórico Dominicano Português. Amaral, Clinio de Oliveria (2009). "As discussões historiográficas em torno do Infante Santo". Medievalista (7). Archived from the original on 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
Cristino 1991, p. 90; Amaral 2009. The official website of the Diocese of Leiria-Fatima continues to list Ferdinand the Holy, but only as an unbeatified "popular cult" figure. Cristino, Luciano Coelho (1991). "O culto do Infante Santo D. Fernando no mosteiro da Batalha". Actas do III Encontro sobre História Dominicana. Vol. I. Porto: Arquivo Histórico Dominicano Português. Amaral, Clinio de Oliveria (2009). "As discussões historiográficas em torno do Infante Santo". Medievalista (7). Archived from the original on 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
Cristino 1991, p. 90; Amaral 2009. The official website of the Diocese of Leiria-Fatima continues to list Ferdinand the Holy, but only as an unbeatified "popular cult" figure. Cristino, Luciano Coelho (1991). "O culto do Infante Santo D. Fernando no mosteiro da Batalha". Actas do III Encontro sobre História Dominicana. Vol. I. Porto: Arquivo Histórico Dominicano Português. Amaral, Clinio de Oliveria (2009). "As discussões historiográficas em torno do Infante Santo". Medievalista (7). Archived from the original on 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
Saraiva 1925, pp. 109–110, Cristino (1991), Rebelo (2002), Amaral (2009). Oddly, Henry Brock, the author of the article on Ferdinand in the 1911 Catholic Encyclopedia (Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Blessed Ferdinand" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.), says Ferdinand was beatified in 1470. This is an error. The process was stopped in its tracks with Paul II's death. As reported later, "O Infante Santo ... não he canonizado nem beatificado" (L. de Sousa, Historia de S. Domingos, 1623: p. 644). See also the official website of the Diocese of Leiria-Fatima. Saraiva, José (1925). Os Painéis do Infante Santo. Leiria: Central.