José de Anchieta

José de Anchieta (March 19, 1534 – June 9, 1597) is a Canarian Jesuit missionary to Brazil in the second half of the 16th century.

A highly influential figure in Brazil's history in the first century after its discovery on April 22, 1500 by a Portuguese fleet commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral, Anchieta is one of the founders of São Paulo, in 1554, and Rio de Janeiro, in 1565.

He is a writer and poet, and is considered the first Brazilian writer.

Anchieta is also involved in the catechesis and conversion to the Catholic faith of the Indian population; his efforts at Indian pacification, together with another Jesuit missionary, Manuel da Nóbrega, are crucial to the establishment of stable colonial settlements in the new country.

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