| LC control no. | n 50051805 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Xavier, Francisco Cândido |
| Variant(s) | Cândido, Francisco de Paula Cândido Xavier, Francisco Xavier, Chico Xavier, Francisco C. (Francisco Cândido) |
| See also | For works of this author written in collaboration with J. Herculano Pires, search also under: Saulo, irmão Emmanuel (Spirit) Saulo, irmão |
| Other standard no. | 000000010883063X 29542645 Q561598 |
| Associated country | Brazil |
| Birth date | 1910-04-02 |
| Death date | 2002-06-30 |
| Place of birth | Pedro Leopoldo (Brazil) |
| Profession or occupation | Mediums Philanthropists Authors |
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| Found in | His Paulo e Estêvão ... 1943. His Chico Xavier pede licença, 1972: t.p. (Francisco C. Xavier) p. 17 (Irmão Saulo is the joint pseud. of J. Herculano Pires and Francisco Cândido Xavier) Os dois maiores amores, 1983: t.p. (Francisco Cândido Xavier) As vidas de Chico Xavier, 2003: t.p. (Chico Xavier) p. 11 (d. June 30, 2002) Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 1910) Wikipedia, viewed May 20, 2019 (under Chico Xavier; Francisco Cândido Xavier; b. Francisco de Paula Cândido; April 2, 1910-June 30, 2002; popular philanthropist and medium in spiritism; wrote over 490 books and several thousand letters claiming to use a process known as phychography; The books written by Chico covered a vast range of topics from religion, philosophy, historical romances and novels, Portuguese Literature, poetry, and science, as well as thousands of letters intended to inform, console and uplift the families of deceased persons during his psychographic sessions. His books sold an estimated 50 million copies and the revenue generated by it was totally channeled into charity work; born in the city of Pedro Leopoldo, State of Minas Gerais and is popularly known as "Chico Xavier" (Chico is the Portuguese nickname for Francisco). Xavier called his spiritual guide Emmanuel, who according to Xavier, lived in ancient Rome as Senator Publius Lentulus, was reincarnated in Spain as Father Damien, and later as a professor at the Sorbonne) |
| Associated language | por |
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