Article Nº 3761 Clergy and religious Vol. III · p. 701
Vieira Caetano (Father João)
Original title: Vieira Caetano (Padre João)
Priest born in Santa Cruz in 1884, parish priest at Ponta do Sol, journalist and author of the historical novel Da Choça ao Solar set on Madeira.
He was born in the town (vila) of Santa Cruz (‘Holy Cross’) on 11 December 1884 and was ordained priest in June 1906. At present he serves as parish priest in the parish (freguesia) of Ponta do Sol (‘point of the sun’). He has contributed extensively and valuably to various newspapers. He was chief editor of Brado de Oeste, in which he published the historical novel Da Choça ao Solar (‘From Hut to Manor House’), whose plot unfolds on this island (1921).
People mentioned
- João Vieira Caetano b. 1884
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