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"São Benedito Cemetery"
São Benedito Cemetery currently houses around 60 horizontal tombs in an uncovered area of approximately 150m2, designed in a Jesuit style, with few graves identified by small ground-level tombstones.
It is located about 200 meters from the Church of Nossa Senhora d'Ajuda. In São Benedito's cemetery landscape, we can identify individuals who held importance in the local society, foreigners, and also individuals who never receive visits from any family or loved ones.
Based on family reports, we find buried there, among others, the remains of Fábio Messias Nobre, Guiomar Gonçalves, George Oliveira, Manoel Crescêncio Santiago, Joana Ramos and Graciliano Ramos, José Borges Valiense, João Alves Santos, Lindalva Evangelista, Carlos Valiense, Pedro Hansen, Josiel Borges Lage, Bento Alexandrino de Moraes, and many others.
An interesting fact: in terms of the oldest preserved and visible tombstone, we can see the grave of Antônio da Silva from 1905.
The cemetery was closed in 1994, the same year when the new cemetery, Jardim da Paz, was built. There is still controversy surrounding the last burial at São Benedito, which may have been either Ruth de Souza Santos or Déia da Silva Santos in 1994. The question remains.
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São Benedito Cemetery currently houses around 60 horizontal tombs in an uncovered area of approximately 150m2, designed in a Jesuit style, with few graves identified by small ground-level tombstones.
It is located about 200 meters from the Church of Nossa Senhora d'Ajuda. In São Benedito's cemetery landscape, we can identify individuals who held importance in the local society, foreigners, and also individuals who never receive visits from any family or loved ones.
Based on family reports, we find buried there, among others, the remains of Fábio Messias Nobre, Guiomar Gonçalves, George Oliveira, Manoel Crescêncio Santiago, Joana Ramos and Graciliano Ramos, José Borges Valiense, João Alves Santos, Lindalva Evangelista, Carlos Valiense, Pedro Hansen, Josiel Borges Lage, Bento Alexandrino de Moraes, and many others.
An interesting fact: in terms of the oldest preserved and visible tombstone, we can see the grave of Antônio da Silva from 1905.
The cemetery was closed in 1994, the same year when the new cemetery, Jardim da Paz, was built. There is still controversy surrounding the last burial at São Benedito, which may have been either Ruth de Souza Santos or Déia da Silva Santos in 1994. The question remains.
Galileu Lemos
Find out about the Square's schedule of events