Kimpa vita biography
Kimpa vita biography
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Kimpa Vita
Kongo Empire prophet
Kimpa Vita | |
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Kimpa Vita's statue in Angola | |
| Full name | Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita Nsimba |
| Known for | Founder of Antonianism |
| Born | 1684, Angola |
| Died | July 2, 1706(1706-07-02) (aged 21–22), Angola |
Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita, also known as Kimpa Mvita, Cimpa Vita[1] or Tsimpa Vita (1684 – 2 July 1706), was a Kongolese prophet and leader of her own Christian movement, Antonianism; this movement taught that Jesus and other early Christian figures were from the Kongo Kingdom.
The name "Dona" indicates that she was born into a family of high Kongolese nobility; she was later given the name "Beatriz" after the Catholic saint. Her teaching grew out of the traditions of the Catholic Church in Kongo, and caused her to upbraid the Catholic priests for not believing as she did.
Dona Beatriz believed the teachings of St. Anthony and used this claim to attempt to restore the ideal of Kongo as a unified Chri