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Jose de Anchieta y Diaz de Clavijo , S.J. -LRB- 19 March 1534 -- 9 June 1597 -RRB- was a Spanish Jesuit missionary to the Portuguese colony of Brazil in the second half of the 16th century .. Brazil. Brazil. Spanish. Spanish people. Jesuit. Jesuit. missionary. missionary. colony of Brazil. Colonial Brazil. A highly influential figure in Brazil 's history in the first century after its European discovery , Anchieta was one of the founders of Sao Paulo in 1554 and of Rio de Janeiro in 1565 .. Brazil. Brazil. Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo. Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro. He is the first playwright , the first grammarian and the first poet born in the Canary Islands , and the father of Brazilian literature .. grammarian. Linguist. Canary Islands. Canary Islands. Brazilian literature. Brazilian literature. Anchieta was also involved in the religious instruction and conversion to the Catholic faith of the Indian population .. Catholic. Catholic. Indian. Native American ( Americas ). His efforts along with those of another Jesuit missionary , Manuel da Nobrega , at Indian pacification were crucial to the establishment of stable colonial settlements in the colony .. Jesuit. Jesuit. missionary. missionary. Indian. Native American ( Americas ). Manuel da Nobrega. Manuel da Nobrega. With his book Arte de gramatica da lingua mais usada na costa do Brasil , Anchieta became the first person to provide an orthography to the Old Tupi language most commonly spoken by the indigenous people of Brazil .. Brazil. Brazil. orthography. orthography. Old Tupi. Old Tupi. Anchieta is commonly known as `` the Apostle of Brazil '' .. Brazil. Brazil. He was canonized by Pope Francis on 3 April 2014 .. Pope Francis. Pope Francis. He was the second native of the Canary Islands , after Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur , also a missionary to Latin America , declared a saint by the Catholic Church .. Catholic Church. Catholic Church. missionary. missionary. Canary Islands. Canary Islands. Catholic. Catholic. Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur. Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur. Anchieta is also considered the third saint of Brazil .. Brazil. Brazil