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Saint Peter

7 Saint Peter, also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church. He appears...

John the Baptist

7 John the Baptist was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy,...

Prince Henry the Navigator

4 Prince Henry of Portugal, Duke of Viseu, better known in English as Prince Henry the Navigator, was a Portuguese prince, a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and 15th-century...

Almeida Garrett

3 João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, 1st Viscount of Almeida Garrett was a Portuguese poet, orator, playwright, novelist, journalist, politician, and a peer of the realm. A major...

Francis of Assisi

3 Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, known as Francis of Assisi, was an Italian mystic, poet and Catholic friar who founded the religious order of the Franciscans. Inspired to lead a Christian life of...

Alexandre de Serpa Pinto

3 Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto, Viscount of Serpa Pinto was a Portuguese explorer of southern Africa and a colonial administrator.

Albert I, Prince of Monaco

3 Albert I was Prince of Monaco from 10 September 1889 until his death in 1922. He devoted much of his life to oceanography, exploration and science. Alongside his expeditions, Albert I's reign oversaw...

José Agostinho

3 José Agostinho, mais conhecido por tenente-coronel José Agostinho, foi um militar de carreira que se distinguiu como meteorologista e naturalista de renome internacional. Publicou algumas centenas de...

Anthony the Great

3 Anthony the Great was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is distinguished from other saints named Anthony, such as Anthony of Padua, by various epithets: Anthony of...

Saint Amaro

2 According to Catholic tradition, Saint Amaro or Amarus the Pilgrim was an abbot and sailor who it was claimed sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to an earthly paradise. There are two historical figures...

Alfredo da Silva Sampaio

2 Alfredo da Silva Sampaio foi médico e naturalista, tendo-se notabilizado pela publicação da obra Memória sobre a Ilha Terceira, uma vasta monografia sobre a história natural, geologia, geografia e...

Teotónio Machado Pires

2 Teotónio Machado Pires GOC • GOIH foi um jurista, advogado e político ligado ao Estado Novo, que entre outras funções de relevo foi deputado e governador civil do Distrito Autónomo de Angra do...

Gonçalo Velho Cabral

2 Gonçalo Velho Cabral was a Portuguese monk and Commander in the Order of Christ, explorer and hereditary landowner responsible for administering Crown lands on the same islands, during the Portuguese...

João Joaquim André de Freitas

2 João Joaquim André de Freitas, mais conhecido por Senador André de Freitas, foi um político e benemérito açoriano, de origem florentina. Iniciou a sua carreira política como deputado eleito pelo...

Marquês de Ávila

2 Marquês de Ávila é um título nobiliárquico criado por D. Luís I de Portugal, por Decreto de 24 e Carta de 31 de Maio de 1870, em favor de António José de Ávila, antes 1.º Conde de Ávila e depois 1.°...

Manuel de Arriaga

2 Manuel José de Arriaga Brum da Silveira e Peyrelongue was the first president of Portugal, serving from 1911 to 1915. A Portuguese lawyer, he served as the first attorney-general, and following the...

Jesus

2 Jesus, also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and by various other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader in the Roman province of Judaea. He is the...

Dinis da Luz

2 Dinis da Luz de Medeiros (São Pedro Nordestinho, ilha de São Miguel, 8 de setembro de 1915 — São Pedro Nordestinho, 20 de dezembro de 1988, mais conhecido por Dinis da Luz, foi um sacerdote católico,...

John II of Portugal

2 John II, called the Perfect Prince, was King of Portugal from 1481 until his death in 1495, and also for a brief time in 1477. He is known for reestablishing the power of the Portuguese monarchy,...

Manuel da Silva Greaves

2 Manuel da Silva Greaves foi um escritor e jornalista açoriano, autor de uma vasta obra de temática açoriana.

Teófilo Braga

2 Joaquim Teófilo Fernandes Braga was the 2nd president of Portugal, serving in 1915. A Portuguese writer, playwright, politician he became the leader of the Republican Provisional Government after the...

Jácome de Bruges

2 Jácome de Bruges, 1st Captain-Donee of Terceira was the brother of Louis de Gruuthuse, 1st Earl of Winchester of the wealthy Gruuthuse noble family from Bruges, their grandfather Jean III d'Aa of...

Gago Coutinho

2 Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, GCTE, GCC, generally known simply as Gago Coutinho, was a Portuguese geographer, cartographer, naval officer, historian and aviator. An aviation pioneer, Gago Coutinho...

Saint Lucy

2 Lucia of Syracuse, also called Santa Lucia and better known as Saint Lucy, was a Roman Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint in Catholic,...