List of Brazilian saints

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

List of blesseds

List of Venerables

List of Servants of God

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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