The Pilgrims to Madrinha Dodô (Penitence and Pilgrimages)

Much has been said about the Beata Madrinha Dodô and her power of persuasion over the young women who joined her to be ordained as pilgrims. As the personal assistant to Padre Cícero, Dodô stayed at his side until his death. Upon meeting the beato Pedro Batista in the 1940, she became his personal assistant and moved to Santa Brígida, BA, where she cared for the beato and received the penitents. The emblematic figure of Madrinha Dodô, her relationship with Padre Cícero and Pedro Batista, who she watched die, her re-incarnation as Our Lady of Health and Our Lady of Pain, the popular Catho...