Frei Galvão was an influential Brazilian Franciscan friar and priest born in 1739 in Guaratinguetá. After joining the Order of Friars Minor at age sixteen, he was ordained in 1762. He dedicated his religious life to the defense of the Immaculate Conception and spent decades establishing religious foundations in Brazil. He is recognized as a wonderworker and holds the distinction of being the first person born in Brazil to be canonized by the Catholic Church.