Joana Angélica

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Gender: F
Ethnic origin: White

Biographical details

Sister Joana Angélica was the cloistered abbess of the Convento da Lapa, in Salvador, Bahia and fought for Brazilian independence against Portuguese rule. At the age of sixty one, she is believed to have held out in her convent, unarmed and alone, amidst battles between patriots and colonialists until a group of Portuguese loyalists invaded her convent in February 1822. Attempting to refuse them entry, she was stabbed to death.

Life Events

Died

1822

References

Vassoler, Ivani, (2005), A Woman on the Front-Lines Against the Last Bastion of Colonialism in Brazil

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