RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Frei Galvão

1739 - 1822

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Anthony of St. Ann Galvão, O.F.M. (Antônio de Sant'Anna Galvão; 13 May 1739 – 23 December 1822 ), commonly known in Brazil 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frei Galvão has received more than 85,438 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Frei Galvão is the 2,210th most popular religious figure (down from 2,014th in 2019), the 375th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 311th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Brazilian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 85k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Frei Galvão ranks 2,210 out of 3,187. Before him are A'annepada, Peter Martyr Vermigli, Hayton of Corycus, Kassapa Buddha, John XI of Constantinople, and Claude Fleury. After him are Jean-Pierre Ricard, Nilus of Sora, August Hlond, Callistus I of Constantinople, Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, and John Zizioulas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1739, Frei Galvão ranks 16. Before him are Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Jean Chalgrin, François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé, Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, and Jean-François de La Harpe. After him are Infanta Maria Doroteia of Portugal, Juan de Villanueva, John Robison, Johann Beckmann, Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, and Henrik Gabriel Porthan. Among people deceased in 1822, Frei Galvão ranks 31. Before him are Cheung Po Tsai, Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, Edward Daniel Clarke, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, and Hồ Xuân Hương. After him are Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider, Uesugi Harunori, Rudolph Schadow, Pierre-François Bouchard, William Pinkney, and James Sowerby.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Frei Galvão ranks 375 out of 2,236. Before him are Zé Sérgio (1957), Silva Batuta (1940), Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847), Marta (1986), Daishiro Yoshimura (1947), and Otto Glória (1917). After him are Luiz Gonzaga (1912), José de Anchieta Fontana (1940), Carlos María de Alvear (1789), Marina Silva (1958), Juliano Belletti (1976), and Serginho (1971).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Brazil

Among religious figures born in Brazil, Frei Galvão ranks 7. Before him are Hélder Câmara (1909), Leonardo Boff (1938), Cláudio Hummes (1934), Geraldo Majella Agnelo (1933), João Braz de Aviz (1947), and Paulo Evaristo Arns (1921). After him are José Freire Falcão (1925), Irmã Dulce (1914), Aloísio Lorscheider (1924), Odilo Scherer (1949), Orani João Tempesta (1949), and Eusébio Scheid (1932).

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