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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 79,783 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Frei Galvão is the 2,029th most popular religious figure (down from 1,776th in 2019), the 312th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 326th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Brazilian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 80k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Frei Galvão ranks 2,029 out of 2,238. Before him are Leonid Stadnyk, Marco Cé, Michel Garicoïts, Louis Antoine de Noailles, Peter Shirayanagi, and Karaindash. After him are Theodore of Tarsus, Antonio Riberi, Luigi Carlo Borromeo, Gaëtan Dugas, Thomas Kingo, and Philippe Barbarin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1739, Frei Galvão ranks 17. Before him are Charles-François Lebrun, François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, Jean-François de La Harpe, and Infanta Maria Doroteia of Portugal. After him are Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, Juan de Villanueva, Henrik Gabriel Porthan, Johann Beckmann, John Robison, and Sophronius of Vratsa. Among people deceased in 1822, Frei Galvão ranks 33. Before him are Hồ Xuân Hương, Edward Daniel Clarke, Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Pierre-François Bouchard, Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider, and Uesugi Harunori. After him are Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, Rudolph Schadow, James Sowerby, William Pinkney, and Pierce Butler.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Frei Galvão ranks 312 out of 2,067. Before him are Marinho Chagas (1952), Gustavo Kuerten (1976), Fred (1983), Jennifer O'Neill (1948), Egberto Gismonti (1947), and Tony Ramos (1948). After him are Adhemar da Silva (1927), Ary Barroso (1903), Airto Moreira (1941), Edu (1949), Bertha Lutz (1894), and José Wilker (1944).

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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), José Freire Falcão (1925), Leonardo Boff (1938), Cláudio Hummes (1934), João Braz de Aviz (1947), and Eusébio Scheid (1932). After him are Aloísio Lorscheider (1924), Paulo Evaristo Arns (1921), Irmã Dulce (1914), Odilo Scherer (1949), Geraldo Majella Agnelo (1933), and Eugênio Sales (1920).

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