BRAZIL, 1940-141, Scott 505 and 507A have different watermarks.
This is based on a portrait in the Gabinete Português de Leìtura in Bahia

Vieira, born in Lisbon, but brought as a child to Brazil, lived an extraordinary life in both politics and religion, and was one of both Brazil's and Portugal's greatest figures in the seventeenth century. He studied with the Jesuits in Brazil and entered the order in 1623. He taught rhetoric and was widely admired for his eloquence. Once on a trip to Portugal, his abilities were discerned by King John IV who made him tutor to the Infante, court preacher and a member of the Royal Council, and gave him a variety of offices and missions which he fulfilled in exemplary manner. Under John's successor, though, he was silenced by the Inquisition and imprisoned for two years. At home with the rich and powerful, he used his talents and influence in the old and new worlds to speak up for the poor, slaves, and oppressed, and continued to do so into old age, despite opposition from all sides. More

   
BRAZIL and PORTUGAL, 1997, the 4th centenary of his death, Scott Brazil 2639, Portugal 2168
and their Lisbon cancels
BRAZIL, 1997, Scott 2640 and PORTUGAL, Scott 2169 and its FDI cancel
the 3th centenary of Vieira's death

 
PORTUGAL, 2008, the 4th centenary of Viera's birth, Scott 2983
In the horizontal boundary between stamps, one of the perforations is in the shape of a cross.

  
PORTUGAL, 1948, a series of 26 postal cards honoring various writers of Portuguese prose was issued
all bearing the image of Vieira because of his preeminence in Portuguese prose,
some cards (like 15 and 16 above) also quoted from his works;
the series was surcharged to $50 in 1951
PORTUGAL, 1956, a postal card of the Series Conheca a Sua Historia also features Vieira

 
PORTUGAL, 1969-70 special show cancels for Philatelic Expos at Liceu Padre António Vieira in Lisbon
named in honor of the Jesuit though it is not a Jesuit school

courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery	(also minted in a gold and silver)

PORTUGAL issued a 500 escudos coin in Vieira's honor in 1997
in copper-nickel [KM 701], silver [KM 701a], and in gold and silver [KM 701b]

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