List of Brazilian saints

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This page is a list of Brazilian saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God, as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in Brazil.

Victor Meirelles's "The first Mass in Brazil", 1861

The Catholic Church has been present in the territory of the modern nation of Brazil since the first Mass was said there in 1500 and today claims the largest population of Catholics of any country in the world. Nonetheless, the country has produced few officially canonized saints thus far.

List of saints

The following is the list of saints, in the order in which they were canonized.

Father Roque González de Santa Cruz
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  • St. Roque González de Santa Cruz (1576 - 1628), Professed Priest of the Jesuits
  • St. Alonso Rodriguez Obnel (1598 - 1628), Professed Priest of the Jesuits
  • St. Juan del Castillo Rodriguez (1595 - 1628), Professed Priest of the Jesuits
    • Venerated: December 3, 1933
    • Beatified: January 28, 1934
    • Canonized: May 16, 1988
  • St. Amabile Visintainer (1865 - 1942), Founder of the Little Sister of Immaculate Concepcion
    • Venerated: February 8, 1988
    • Beatified: October 18, 1991
    • Canonized: May 19, 2002
  • St. Frei Galvão (1739 - 1822), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor
    • Venerated: March 8, 1997
    • Beatified: October 25, 1998
    • Canonized: May 11, 2007
  • St. José de Anchieta (1534 - 1597), Professed Priest, Jesuit
    • Venerated: August 10, 1786
    • Beatified: June 22, 1980
    • Canonized: April 3, 2014

List of blesseds

List of Venerables

  • Ven. Maria Conchita Farani (1906 - 1963), Professed Religious of the Passionist Sisters of Saint Paul of the Cross
    • Venerated: June 13, 1992
  • Ven. Serafina Cinque (1913 - 1988), Professed Religious of the Congregation of the Sisters Adorers of the Blood of Christ
    • Venerated: January 27, 2014
  • Ven. Attilio Giordani (1913 - 1972), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Milan; Member of the Salesian Cooperators
    • Venerated: October 9, 2013
  • Ven. Rudolf Komorek (1890 - 1949), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco
    • Venerated: April 6, 1995
  • Ven. Maria Dulce Rodrigues dos Santos (1901 - 1972), Founder of the Little Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate
    • Venerated: April 3, 2014
  • Ven. Pelagio Sauter (1878 - 1961), Professed Priest of the Redemptorists
    • Venerated: November 7, 2014
  • Ven. Antonio Ferreira Vicoso (1787 - 1875), Bishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais
    • Venerated: June 8, 2014
  • Ven. Francisco de Paula Victor (1827 - 1905), called Padre Victor, Priest of the Diocese of Campanha
    • Venerated: May 10, 2012
  • Ven. Teodora Voiron (1835 - 1925), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chambéry
    • Venerated: February 18, 1989

List of Servants of God

  • Servant of God Joao Francisco de Sequeira Andrade - (1837 - 1881), Priest of the Diocese of Petropolis; Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lad of Refuge
  • Servant of God Jacinto Vera Duran - (1813 - 1881), Bishop of Montevideo
  • Servant of God Jose Antonio de Maria Ibiapina - (1806 - 1883), Priest of the Diocese of Guarabira
  • Servant of God Giuseppe Marchetti - (1869 - 1896), Professed Priest of the Scalabrinians; Cofounder of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinian Sisters)
  • Servant of God Marciano Bernardes da Fonseca, secular priest
  • Servant of God Benigna Cardoso da Silva - (1928 - 1941), Child of the Diocese of Crato
  • Servant of God Ignacio Martinez Madrid - (1902 - 1942), Professed Priest of the Augustinian Recollects; Apostolic Administrator of Labrea
  • Servant of God Anna Sabatovich - (1895 - 1943), Professed Religious of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Rite)
  • Servant of God Giuseppe Calvi - (1901 - 1943), Professed Priest of the Oblates of Saint Joseph
  • Servant of God Luiz Gonzaga do Monte - (1905 - 1944), Priest of the Archdiocese of Natal
  • Servant of God Julius Aemilius de Lombaerde - (1878 - 1944), Professed Priest of the Missionaries of the Holy Family; Founder of the Missionaries of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, Daughters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and Sisters of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament
  • Servant of God Antonio Alvares da Silva - (1913 - 1945), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor
  • Servant of God Marciano Bernardes da Fonseca - (1859 - 1946), Priest of the Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora
  • Servant of God Johann Baptist Reus - (1868 - 1947), Professed Priest of the Jesuits
  • Servant of God Antonia Martins de Macedo - (1852 - 1950), Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Heart of Mary
  • Servant of God Humbertus Linden Jr. - (1876 - 1960), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor
  • Servant of God Vicenta Guilarte Alonso - (1879 - 1960), Professed Religious of the Daughters of Jesus
  • Servant of God Donizetti Tavares de Lima - (1882 - 1961), Priest of the Diocese of Sao Joao da Boa Vista
  • Servant of God Lafayette da Costa Coelho - (1886 - 1961), Priest of the Diocese of Guanhaes
  • Servant of God Nelsinho Santana - (1955 - 1964), Child of the Diocese of Sao Carlos
  • Servant of God Herminio Pinzetta - (1911 - 1972), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Capuchins
  • Servant of God Albino Alves da Cunha Silva - (1882 - 1973), Priest of the Diocese of Catanduva
  • Servant of God Jose da Silva Coutinho - (1897 - 1973), Priest of the Archdiocese of Paraiba
  • Servant of God Silvio Maria Dario - (1919 - 1974), Bishop of Itapeva
  • Servant of God Antonio de Almeida Lustosa - (1886 - 1974), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Archbishop of Fortaleza
  • Servant of God Miguel Afonso de Andrade Leite - (1912 - 1976), Priest of the Diocese of Sao Joao del Rei
  • Servant of God Alderigi Maria Torriani - (1895 - 1977), Priest of the Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre
  • Servant of God Maria Milito - (1913 - 1980), Founder of the Missionary Sisters of Saint Anthony Mary Claret
  • Servant of God Liberio Rodrigues Moreira - (1884 - 1980), Priest of the Diocese of Divinopolis
  • Servant of God Franz de Castro Holzwarth - (1942 - 1981), Layperson of the Diocese of Sao Jose dos Campos
  • Servant of God Maria da Conceicao Santos - (1907 - 1981), Professed Religious of the Sisters Helpers of Our Lady of Mercy
  • Servant of God Nazareno Lanciotti - (1940 - 2001), Priest of the Diocese of Sao Luiz de Caceres, Member of the Marian Movement for Priests
  • Servant of God Luigia Calliari [Ginetta] - (1918 - 2001), Layperson of the Diocese of Osasco, Consecrated Member of the Focolare Movement
  • Servant of God Maria Luiza Resende Marques - (1915 - 2005), Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelites
  • Servant of God Aloisio Sebastiao Boeing - (1913 - 2006), Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians); Founder of the Marian Fraternity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
  • Servant of God Guido Vidal Franca Schaffer - (1974 - 2009), Seminarian of the Archdiocese of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro

Other open causes

Others have been proposed for beatification, and may have active groups supporting their causes. These include:

See also

References

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  • "Hagiography Circle"
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