(RE) REMEMBERING FATHER: MEMORY, SOCIAL CLASS AND REGION

Abstract

When FatherCicerodied in 1934, there werepredictions thathis followerswould findanother
"miraculous" priest, and that as theNortheast modernized, its people no longer wouldbelieve in miracle-working priests.These predictions proved erroneous. This articleemphasizes the powerofcultural memory, changes in the Northeast‟s self-image, andnewcurrentsinreligion inBrazil in preserving and enhancing PadreCicero‟s stature.
of the Northeast and the emergence of new religious currents as elements that
explain the preservation and expansion of the figure of Father Cicero.