Fundao, Portugal saw the only known public resistance against the inquisition.The humble town of Fundao, in the heart of the Beira region of Portugal exhibited the only recorded defiance of the Portuguese Inquisition. As was customary in those days, a legal officer of the inquisition would arrive in a town secretly and make an announcement to the population that they were required to attend church on Sunday. When the church was full, the doors would be locked by guards and the Old Christians would be called upon to identify the New Christians who would be handcuffed and led away to the jail cells of the Holy Office, except this time, the people of Fundao rebelled.On November 22, 1580, Estêvão de Sampaio, a senior alderman and a group of armed men confronted the Jail bailiff and freed the New Christians. Whether politically motivated (it’s a long story) or morally driven, the revolt was one of its kind.