Case file · Apparition / miracle
Santa Dica and the 'Day of Fire' at Lagolândia
Benedita Cipriano Gomes (1903–1970), called Santa Dica, was said to have come back to life at her own wake aged seven. From 1923 followers gathered around her in Lagolândia, Goiás. In October 1925 police attacked the community in the 'Dia do Fogo', and dozens were reported killed or wounded.
1925 CE · -15.68, -49.08 · status: legend
The account
Popular accounts say the bullets fired at her missed or fell as grains of corn. She was jailed for a year and released early after public pressure. She is buried under a gameleira tree in Lagolândia, a district of Pirenópolis; the point is approximate.
The sceptical view
The resurrection and the bullet stories come from devotional oral tradition; a child revived from a coma or deep fever would explain the first.