Benigna Cardoso da Silva was a Brazilian Catholic child born in 1928 in Santana do Cariri. Orphaned at a young age, she was raised by her mother's sisters and was recognized for her religious devotion and helpfulness at home. In 1941, at the age of thirteen, she was murdered by a local boy after she resisted his sexual advances. Because she died while defending her chastity, she is recognized as a martyr. She was beatified by the Catholic Church in 2022.