Saints from Brazil

Read the full stories of 3 saints whose birth or early family origins are associated with present-day Brazil.

Showing 1–3 of 3. Read each story’s origin note for traditional or disputed accounts.

Martyr · July 16

St. André de Soveral

André de Soveral was a Portuguese Catholic priest from Colonial Brazil.

Brazil · Present-day geography

Religious · August 13

Dulce de Souza Lopes Pontes was a Brazilian Missionary Sister of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God.

Brazil · Present-day geography

Priest / Deacon · 11 May

Anthony of St. Ann Galvão , more commonly known as Frei Galvão, was a Brazilian friar of the Franciscan Order.