WHO IS MASTER JOÃO? Isaac Matatias Aboab describes Mestre João as his maternal great-grandfather, married to Violante de Pina and father of Diogo de Pina. Could this Mestre João be the famous Mestre João Faras, who, according to Carlos Manuel Valentim, is perhaps the same João de Paz? Who would know? ABOUT MESTRE JOÃOhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Faras http://www.catedra-alberto-benveniste.org/_fich/15/carlos_manuel_valentim.pdf