SANTA ANNA (Santana), Francisco Xavier de (Francesco Saverio di Sant’ Anna, lay Raffaello Pescetto). 1771 — Bombay 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”; stray notes in Internet.