Today, few people know the tragic story of Fernão Lopes, a Portuguese soldier who during his lifetime was called “the loneliest man on earth.” However, it spread during the Renaissance and became a source of inspiration for the creation of one of the most famous literary works of mankind.

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In fact, this is the story of a man with small, simple ambitions, but crushed by the roller of history. A man too insignificant for the hustle and bustle of the ages he had embraced and in which he simply wanted to live, enjoying what life had to offer him.

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For reasons we will reveal in this new episode of Strange Stories, he has chosen to live apart from the world, in a place little changed by human vices, religion, wars, revenge, prohibitions, etc. But who was Fernao Lopez and what is his shocking story, we offer to listen in today’s podcast.

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