RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Frei Galvão

1739 - 1822

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Anthony of St. Ann Galvão, O.F.M. (Portuguese: Antônio de Sant'Anna Galvão; 13 May 1739 – 23 December 1822), more commonly known as Frei Galvão, was a Brazilian friar of the Franciscan Order. One of the best-known religious figures in colonial Brazil renowned for his healing powers, Galvão was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on 11 May 2007, becoming the first Brazilian-born saint. He was the second Brazilian to be proclaimed a saint by the Catholic Church. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frei Galvão is the 2,293rd most popular religious figure (down from 2,210th in 2019), the 348th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 376th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Brazilian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Frei Galvão ranks 2,293 out of 3,187. Before him are Victor and Corona, Sadegh Khalkhali, Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious, Bernhard II, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Peter Jan Beckx, and David Wilkerson. After him are Mangsong Mangtsen, Nicolò Longobardo, Camillo Caccia Dominioni, Angelo Felici, Dorothea of Montau, and Nilus of Sinai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1739, Frei Galvão ranks 17. Before him are Jean Chalgrin, François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé, Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, Jean-François de La Harpe, Infanta Maria Doroteia of Portugal, and Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours. After him are John Robison, Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, Henrik Gabriel Porthan, Johann Beckmann, Juan de Villanueva, and John Rutledge. Among people deceased in 1822, Frei Galvão ranks 31. Before him are Platon Zubov, Józef Wybicki, Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Edward Daniel Clarke, Kristjan Jaak Peterson, and Duke Eugen of Württemberg. After him are Uesugi Harunori, Hồ Xuân Hương, James Sowerby, Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, Pierre-François Bouchard, and Rudolph Schadow.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Frei Galvão ranks 348 out of 2,236. Before him are Afonsinho (1914), Raymundo Damasceno Assis (1937), Carvalho Leite (1912), Moacir Claudino Pinto (1936), Olavo de Carvalho (1947), and Rodrygo (2001). After him are Alex Pereira (1987), Nelsinho Baptista (1950), Cândido Rondon (1865), Marinho Chagas (1952), Júlio Baptista (1981), and Ademir da Guia (1942).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Brazil

Among religious figures born in Brazil, Frei Galvão ranks 12. Before him are Paulo Evaristo Arns (1921), Orani João Tempesta (1949), Aloísio Lorscheider (1924), Geraldo Majella Agnelo (1933), José Freire Falcão (1925), and Raymundo Damasceno Assis (1937). After him are Sérgio da Rocha (1959), Eugênio Sales (1920), Eusébio Scheid (1932), Irmã Dulce (1914), Paulo Cezar Costa (1967), and Serafim Fernandes de Araújo (1924).

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