João Branco Núncio

João Branco Núncio (full name was João Alves Branco Núncio) (February 15, 1901 - January 26, 1976) was a Portuguese bullfighter born in Alcácer do Sal (Santiago), Alcácer do Sal, in a whitewashed house next to his uncle's Viscount of Alcácer do Sal. Today it belongs to the Philharmonic Friendship Society of the Viscount de Alcácer do Sal.

He was a both a rider and bullfighter whose bullfighting lasted up to the hour of his death, on January 26 of 1976 in Golegã. At the time he was considered by many people as the greatest horserider and bullfighter of all. He was called the "Master". He graduated in Commerce at the "Academic School" and dedicated himself to tiling in the rural properties of Alcácer do Sal. Son and Grandson of farm-hand, his grandfather, Joaquim Mendes Núncio who had come from the Golegã to Alcácer do Sal in 1878.

He had his first public event at the age of 13, in Évora's bullfighting ring. He took part in approximately one thousand bullfights. Master João Branco Núncio was also known as the “Califa de Alcácer”, for besides being an expert rider, he was also a farm-hand and a horse master. After distinguishing himself in contests, an opportunity was granted to him in the bullfighting ring of Campo Pequeno, in Lisbon, on May 27 1923, at the hands of António Luís Lopes, during a race organized by Patrício Cecílio, bullfighting with his famous horse Quo Vadis.

External links

* [http://www.alentejolitoral.pt/PortalRegional/ARegiao/PersonalidadesRegionais/Pages/JoaoBrancoNuncio.aspx João Branco Núncio]
* [http://www.netsaber.com.br/biografias/ver_biografia.php?c=790 Biografia João Branco Núncio]
* [http://www.toirosecavalos.com/noticias.asp?id_noticia=2489 Referência aos livros de Maria João da Câmara e de Núncio Fragoso]
* [http://genealogia.netopia.pt/pessoas/pes_show.php?id=21596 Árvore Genealógica]
* [http://pracas.no.sapo.pt/pracas/alcacerdosal.htm Praça de Toiros João Branco Núncio]

ee also

*Bullfighting
*Forcado
*Hispania
*Iberian peninsula
*List of bullfighters
*Lusitania
*Lusitanic
*Lusitano
*Portugal
*Portuguese bullfighting
*Portuguese people