The first Indian Cardinal was Valerian Gracias whose father hailed from Dharmapur in Chinchinim village and his mother was from Navelim.
The first Goan Saint of the Catholic Church , St Jose Vaz was born in his mother's house near Patrocinio Chapel in Benaulim and his father hailed from Sancoale village which was, at that time ,still in Salcete taluka. May be, when St Jose Vaz was born exactly at noon time,there was an eclipse of the sun because some claim that all stars in the firmament above shone brightly on that fateful noon. St Jose Vaz has a rare distinction of belonging to a Brahmin Catholic family. St. Jose Vaz could be considered as the first Brahmin Saint in the world.