sentences:  Francisco Trigoso was born in Lisbon, and was the son of Francisco Mendo Trigoso Pereira Homem de Magalhães and de Antónia Joaquina Teresa de Sousa Morato.He seemed destined for an ecclesiastical career and did his preparatory studies at the "Colégio dos Nobres" (Lit.Nobleman's College) from 1790 to 1793, having then enrolled the Canon Law degree at the University of Coimbra.