Patron Saint of Brazil
2 saints found
Our Lady of Aparecida
Feast Day: October 12
Patron of: Brazil, fishermen, sailors, young people, families
Brazil's most revered Marian image discovered miraculously, symbolizing national Catholic identity.
Peter of Alcántara
Feast Day: October 19
Patron of: Extreme poverty, Brazil, mystics, contemplatives, night workers, stringent ascetics
Radical Franciscan mystic whose extreme austerity and spiritual discipline reformed religious life.