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by Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas If one were called upon to single out a specific individual as the greatest benefactor of the village of Saligao in Goa, that individual would undoubtedly be Francisco Salvador Zeferino Pinto, fondly known as Salu Pinto. . . . → Read More: The man behind the Saligao Church by Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas Miguel Arcanjo Marques Lobo, a well-known Goan professor, was born in Mudd’davaddi, Saligao, on 9 August 1834 and passed away in Coimbra, Portugal, in December 1883. His parents in Goa were Francisco Joao Marques and Isabel Maria Lobo. He graduated in three faculties, through the University of Coimbra: Mathematics, with . . . → Read More: The learned professor of Coimbra by Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas Saligao has its share of protagonists who have made a mark in the field of Konkani literature. Among the current ones are Fr. Marcelino Remedios from Tabravaddo, editor of Udentichem Neketr (now defunct), Fr. Casimiro de Melo from Sonarbhatt and Daniel D’Souza from Nigvaddo. Among those Goan writers who . . . → Read More: Konkani litterateurs of Saligao by Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas If you have visited Karachi, you might have chanced upon a township known as Cincinnatus Town. It is named after Cincinnatus Fabian D’Abreo, a much-respected councillor of the Karachi municipality in the early 1900s, who set up the township for the Goan community in Karachi. Cincinnatus was born in Goa on . . . → Read More: The pioneer of Karachi by Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas Dr. Jose Antonio Nicolau Ribeiro Fernandes was an eminent doctor from Grande Morodd in Saligao, and was born there on 29 April 1845, to Benedita Ribeiro and Tomas Fernandes. After completing his preliminary studies in the local school and lyceum, he joined the Goa Medical College. He was an . . . → Read More: The good doctor of Grande Morodd by Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas The first book to be published in Mozambique was written by Jose Vicente da Gama, who hailed from Saligao in Goa. It was a civil, ecclesiastical, historical and administrative almanac of the province of Mozambique for the year 1859. The book was written in Portuguese and is mentioned by . . . → Read More: Mozambique’s first book by Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas The 150th birth anniversary of Professor Doctor Claudio Caetana Antonio Julio Raimundo da Gama Pinto was celebrated on 30 April 2003. The son of Francisco Salvador Zeferino Pinto and Mariana Tereza da Gama, both from Cotula in Saligao, Dr. Claudio da Gama Pinto was born on 30 April 1853. . . . → Read More: The world-famous ophthalmologist The Mae de Deus statue of Our Lady in the Saligao Church is more than three centuries old, queenly in appearance, with a royal gold crown on her head. . . . → Read More: The Patroness of Saligao Church Fr. Lino Paulo Xavier de Souza was born in Saligao, Goa, on 15 July 1915, the son of Ligorio Braz de Souza and Regina Efegiana Fernandes from Demelovaddo, Saligao. After completing his primary studies in his native village, he joined the Rachol Seminary and studied . . . → Read More: The thoroughbred Jesuit The miraculous Mae de Deus statue in Saligao Church was brought from the Franciscan Friary and convent of Mother of God in Daugim, Old Goa. . . . → Read More: The link between Saligao and Daugim |
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