SANTA ANNA (Santana), Francisco Xavier de (lay Raffaello Pescetto). 17?? — Verapoly (?) 7.12.1844. Italian Carmelite Missionary and Konkani Scholar in India. Finally titular Archbishop of Sardes and in 1831-44 Apostolic Vicar in Verapoly (Kerala). Both works were published anonymously.
Publications: Grammatica ou Observações Grammaticais sôbre a Lingoa de Concanâ. Ed. by J. H. da Cunha Rivara. 445 p. Nova Goa 1859.
– Diccionario portuguez-concani, composto por um missionario italiano. Ed. by J. H. da Cunha Rivara. 280 p. Nova Goa 1868.
Sources: Saldanha, BSOS 8:2-3, 1936, 722f.; Italian Wikipedia on “Arcidiocesi di Verapoly”.
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