Guido Vidal França Schäffer was a Brazilian medical doctor and Catholic seminarian who lived from 1974 to 2009. Born in Volta Redonda, he practiced medicine in Rio de Janeiro, where he worked as a general practitioner and volunteered his services to the Missionaries of Charity. A dedicated surfer and man of faith, he felt a religious calling during his medical studies and later entered the seminary. He died at the age of thirty-four following a surfing accident at Barra da Tijuca beach.