Padre Cícero by Lira Neto
A compact biography that traces the rise of a humble northeastern priest into a controversial, charismatic leader whose alleged miracles, social interventions and political influence transformed Juazeiro do Norte and reshaped popular religiosity in Brazil’s sertão; the book balances archival research and narrative detail to separate myth from history, showing how devotion, regional crisis, local power networks and conflict with Church authorities produced a complex legacy of social welfare, clientelist politics and enduring popular veneration.
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- Portuguese
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