Works by Capuchin friars such as Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo (“mon-tay-KOO-ko-lo”) are an important source for the history of this state. The son of a ruler of this state was appointed bishop in partibus infidelium of Utica. A woman from this state recovered from an illness possessed by Saint Anthony and led her followers to occupy the abandoned capital of São Salvador. King Pedro IV of this state ordered the prophet Kimpa Vita to be burned at the stake. Catholicism became entrenched in this state during the rule of Afonso I. Following a dispute with this state, Portugal moved the bishop’s seat at this state’s capital to the nearby colonial city of Luanda. This kingdom’s lineage of Christian kings began with the conversion of Nzinga-a-Nkuwu. For 10 points, name this kingdom that was located to the south of a namesake Central African river. ■END■
ANSWER: Kongo [or Kingdom of Kongo; or Kongo Dya Ntotila; or Reino do Congo]
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