Re: [GRN] A purported miracle by St. Francis Xavier

[John de Figueiredo]

The name of the pilot was Solano de Almeida, not Solome de Almeida. He married, I believe, Antonieta, adopted daughter of Fernanda Vidigal, a nurse at Hospital Escolar, the teaching hospital of Escola Medica. John M. de Figueiredo  Sent from my iPhone On Jan 28, 2024, at 12:41 PM, Tony Gomes <tong....@gmail.com> wrote: This is the first time I hear about the '100 soldiers' trying to lift - the casket /or the massive tall marble pillar where the coffin of St. Francis Xavier rests. It is true that there was a pilgrimage to the Tomb of St. Francis Xavier that started in Panjim, that was attended by the Governor and several Goan and Portuguese dignitaries. This event is described and symbolized in my novel, The Sting of Peppercorns. Clearly the Governor decided to rescind the order of Salazar but whether this was related to a miracle of Francis Xavier or the benevolence and good heartedness  of Vassalo e Silva is obviously a matter of speculation. However, I tend to favor the latter explanation. Anthony Gomes,  Author of The Sting of Peppercorns  On Jan 28, 2024, at 4:46 AM, Frederick Noronha <fredericknoron...@gmail.com> wrote: One person's claims. This is a newspaper reader's letter-to-the-editor. Obviously doing the rounds since before 2011. It seems to have got a new lease of life in cyberspace recently. FN On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 at 02:05, Helga Do Rosario Gomes <helgadorosa...@gmail.com> wrote: Does anyone know anything about this incident? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to goa-research-net+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/C01DD6F2-6309-4A8D-819D-0E9FA4A87F5F%40gmail.com. Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to goa-research-net+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/C01DD6F2-6309-4A8D-819D-0E9FA4A87F5F%40gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to goa-research-net+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAMCR53JjnPg0CVn0YjFKhUFAkt6rrwm8nV_YLB_C%2BZCZE8Soag%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to goa-research-net+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/EDE56FB3-A86C-41A7-955A-49FB4F6A5940%40gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to goa-research-net+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/913283AB-4CB6-478D-A0F6-6F36718A17C9%40sbcglobal.net.