In this lockdown, something to read... Floreat Saligão... by C Hubert de Souza.
This book was published almost fifty years ago, in the early 1970s, and describes the village and its people who played an important role in those times. On its pages are:
* Introduction by FJ Campos
* Outstanding administrators
Francisco Salvador Pinto
Cincinatus Fabian D’Abreu
Joseph Anthony Vaz I.C.S
Adv. Caetano Filipe Saldanha
Anthony Stanislaus de Mello
Antonio John De Cruz
Alfred D’Souza, B.A.,III.T.
Roque Demello -- Bar-at-Law
Luis Mendonça
* Remarkable Prelates
Archbishop Eugene D’Souza
Bishop Alfred Fernandes
Conego and Monsignor Abreu
Fr. Geronimo Caetano De Souza
Mother Bridget Sequeira
Msgr. Joseph V D’Souza
Fr. Parmanand Naik
Msgr. Rodolfo de Santa Brigida e Souza
* Distinguished Doctors
Dr. Claudio Da Gama Pinto
Dr. Jose A. Nicolau Ribeiro
Dr. Norbert Figueiredo
Dr. Jeronimo Caetano Saldanha
Dr. Eric D’Mello M.D
Prof. Dr. Renato Abreu
Mrs. Irene Olive DeSouza Rebello
* Illustrious Engineers
John Francis Campos
Frank D’Souza
Eric C. Saldanha
R. De Vitebro Abreu
John Baptist de Souza
Neville Joseph DeSousa
Dr. Norman Remedios
* Professors and Educationists
Dr Estelita Longinus Saldanha
Prof. Patrocino D’Souza
Albert D’Cruz
Prof. Agnes Noronha
Sequeira - DeMello
* Successful Businessmen
M. R. D’Souza
Vitorino Francisco Saldanha
Agustinho Xavier Figueredo
Durante F. D’Souza
* Artists and Musicians
Norma Carneiro Alphonso
Francis Newton Souza
Francisco Salvador Campos
* Distinguished Soldiers
Major General E. A. Vaz
Brig George Francis de Souza (Retd)
* Miscellaneous Personalities
Mrs. Joan Dias
Gonsalves and de Mellos
Orland J. Menezes
152 pages. Format: PDF. Size 8.5 x 5.5 inches.
If you would like a copy (free and gratis, but you are encouraged to buy any other Goa book anywhere to promote this crucial field of writing about a tiny region), please send a WhatsApp message saying SEND FLOREAT SALIGAO by WhatsApp to +91-9822122436. Please mention your name and location in the message.