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Luso-Árabe Este heroe do fanatismo morreu em 1577, e foi enterrado na capella mór da igreja de Nossa Senhora das Neves, de Rachol, lendo na campa:
AQVI lAZ DIOGO RODRIGVES O DO FORTE CAPITÃO DESTA FORTALEZA O QVAL DERRVBOV OS PAGODES DESTAS TERRAS. FALECEV A 21 DE ABRIL DE 1577 ANNOS.
D. Diogo Rodrigues, D. Diogo Roiz (c.1490-1496; Lagos, Portugal - †21 April 1577; Colvá, Goa) was a Portuguese (born in Lagos - Algarve of Arabic roots) explorer of the Indian Ocean who sailed as an ordinary helmsman under the command of Dom Pedro Mascarenhas. He was honored as a (Cavaleiro da Ordem de Cristo) cavaleiro, the order of Christ by King Joao III.