Anchieta may refer to:

People

José de Anchieta José de Anchieta y Díaz de Clavijo, SJ (Joseph of Anchieta; 19 March 1534 – 9 June 1597) was a Canarian Jesuit missionary to the Portuguese colony of Brazil in the second half of the 16th century. A highly influential figure in Brazil's h ...

, S.J. (1534-1597), a Catholic saint, Jesuit missionary, writer, poet and apostle of Brazil, or the following places and things *

José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta (variations José d'Anchieta, José Anchieta, José de Anchieta - b. October 9, 1832 in Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal, d. September 14, 1897 in Caconda, Portuguese Angola) was a 19th-century Portuguese explorer a ...

(1832–1897), Portuguese explorer and zoologist *

Juan de Anchieta (sculptor) Juan de Anchieta (1462 – 1523) was a leading Spain, Spanish Basque people, Basque composer of the Renaissance music, Renaissance, at the Royal Court Chaplaincy in Granada of Queen Isabel I of Castile. History Born in Azpeitia, Azpeitia, Sp ...

(1540-1588), Spanish sculptor *

Juan de Anchieta Juan de Anchieta (1462 – 1523) was a leading Spanish Basque composer of the Renaissance, at the Royal Court Chaplaincy in Granada of Queen Isabel I of Castile. History Born in Azpeitia, Spain in 1462 to a leading Basque family, his mothe ...

(1462–1523), Spanish composer *

José de Anchieta Júnior José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''J ...

(1965–2018), a Brazilian politician * Anchieta Patriota, a Brazilian politician

Places

* Anchieta Island, in the northern coast of the state of

São Paulo (state) São Paulo (, ) is one of the Federative units of Brazil, 26 states of the Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil and is named after Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul of Tarsus. It is located in the Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast Region and is bo ...

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, famous as the site of a former state

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Anchieta, Espírito Santo Anchieta is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. Its population was 29,779 in 2020 and its area is . Its average elevation is above sea level. Formerly known as ''Reritiba'', the city was renamed after the Jesuit Spanish mi ...

, a municipality (formerly known as Reritiba) in the state of

Espírito Santo Espírito Santo (; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attracti ...

, Brazil. * Anchieta, Rio de Janeiro, a suburb in northern

Rio de Janeiro (city) Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...

, Brazil. * Anchieta, Rio Grande do Sul, a neighborhood in

Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, ; , ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian Federative units of Brazil, state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of roughly 1.4 million inhabitants (2022) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, 11th-most p ...

city, Brazil. * Anchieta, Santa Catarina, a municipality in the state of

Santa Catarina, Brazil Santa Catarina () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil. It is located in the centre of the country's Southern region. It is bordered to the north by the state of Paraná, to the south by the state of Rio Grande do Sul, to the east by t ...

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Rodovia Anchieta The Rodovia Anchieta (Anchieta Highway, official designation SP-150) is a highway connection between São Paulo and the Atlantic coast, the cities of Cubatão and Santos, in Brazil. In the plateau, the highway serves several cities of Greater S ...

, a

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, running between São Paulo and Santos, Brazil. * Anchieta Palace (Espírito Santo), a governmental building in the city of Vitória, Brazil. * Anchieta College (Porto Alegre), a private primary and secondary school in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil. *

Casa Anchieta Casa Anchieta is a building in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands. Originally constructed in the 16th century, the current building dates from the 17th century with 19th-century modifications. It was the childhood home of Joseph ...

, the childhood home of Father Anchieta in

San Cristóbal de La Laguna San Cristóbal de La Laguna (commonly known as La Laguna, ) is a city and municipality in the northern part of the island of Tenerife in the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the Canary Islands, Spain. The former capital of the Canary Islan ...

Tenerife Tenerife ( ; ; formerly spelled ''Teneriffe'') is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands, an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. With a land area of and a population of 965,575 inhabitants as of A ...

. Note. Since the Jesuit priest

is considered one of the early historical

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s of Brazil as a nation, he is hommaged by an uncountable number of schools, hospitals, government buildings, monuments, neighborhood, streets, plazas, geographical locations, etc. in almost all Brazilian cities. Here only the most important ones are listed.

Animal species

Note: all species' names which bear this name were discovered by

, a noted Portuguese

zoologist Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the structure, embryology, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems. Zoology is one ...

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Anchieta's cobra Anchieta's cobra (''Naja anchietae''), sometimes referred to as the Angolan cobra, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to Southern Africa. Taxonomy Anchieta's cobra was first described by Portuguese zoo ...

* Anchieta's sunbird * Anchieta's tree frog * Anchieta's ridged frog *

Anchieta's serotine Anchieta's serotine (''Neoromicia anchietae''), formerly known as Anchieta's pipistrelle, is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Madagascar. The species inhabits sav ...

* Anchieta's barbet * Anchieta's agama * Anchieta's dwarf python * Anchieta’s dune lizard * Anchieta’s snake skink * Anchieta's worm lizard * D'Anchieta's fruit bat * Anchieta's Tchagra

Other

Fundação Padre Anchieta Father Anchieta Foundation (Portuguese: ''Fundação Padre Anchieta'') is a Brazilian non-profit foundation of the state of São Paulo that develops educational radio and television programs. It was created by the government of the state of São ...

, educational TV and radio stations of the state of São Paulo {{disambiguation, geo, surname