1. Santo Antonio was born in Lisboa in 1195 and died in Padua ( Italy ) on the 13 of June, 1231. He was baptized as Fernando de Bulhoes
2. Santo Antonio is the most popular saint in Goa. Among the many shrines built in his honour , the most prominent in South Salcete is the St. Anthony' s Chapel at Deussua in Chinchinim where for Tuesday's masses it is filled to its capacity by the devotees. This Chapel has been beautifully designed by Achitect Sarto Almeida, brother of Architect Tony Almeida of Dar es Salaam. 3. In 1543 , when Bardez and Salcete were added to Ilhas ( i.,e. islands in portuguese language ) the members of the Franciscan Order were entrusted with the evangelization of Bardez and the Jesuits were allotted Salcete for the same purpose. 4. In 1758 there was an unsuccessful attempt to assassinte King Dom Jose of Portugal. The members of the Society of Jesus ( which was Spanish in character ) were implicated in the plot by the Portuguese Prime Minister the Marques de Pombal ( full name: Sebastiao Jose de Carvalho e Melo ) who ordered them to leave Portugal and colonies. 5. It is said that almost 200 years later the Jesuits returned to Goa . They took over Union High School behind Margao Police Station and renamed it Loyola High School. 6. When a plague descended upon the inhabitants of Old Goa , the Portuguese were toying with the idea of transferring the capital to Vasco but in the end decided on Panjim. 7. In 1661 Princess Catarina was given in marriage to King Charles the second of England. As a dowry the Portuguese handed over Bombaim to the British. 8. Bombay in those days was not a continuous stretch of land as it is today but a sort of a cluster of eight islands with swamps in between them. At full tide the swamps were flooded and it looked like an extension of the sea. The British were to fill the swamps later probably with the earth scooped from North Bombay . The resultant shallow depressions were flooded with stagnant waters as a result of excessive rains on the 26 July last. The names of islands are: Colaba , Girgaum, Malabar Hill, Mazagon, Worli, Parel, Mahim and Sion. 9. During the Napoleonic Wars, Goa was briefly occupied by the British troops from 1797 to 1813. 10. This occupation led to the discovery by the British that Goans knew how to bake bread, the skill which was then unknown to Indians of British held territories. 11. Goans began emigrating to Bombay to establish bakeries. Goans introduced a rare delicacy . at that point in time, i.e. hot bread laced with butter Mhaska/pao which degenarated in maka/pau. 12. It is said that Goans started emigrating to Zanzibar sometime in the late 19th century. In those days Goans travelled by dhow, i.e. sailing ships. Antonio