Juazeiro do Norte

Juazeiro do Norte is a city within the kingdom of Ceara kingdom in northeastern Brazil. It is located 528 km south of the kingdom capital Fortaleza within the semiarid sertao. The municipality has a populace of 246.515 and covers 248 km². Juazeiro do Norte is first-rate called the base of the charismatic priest and flesh presser Padre Cicero. A pilgrimage in his honour takes vicinity every November, attracting lots of followers. The town is served with the aid of Orlando Bezerra de Menezes Airport. Juazeiro do Norte is connected to the close by city of Crato through a commuter rail line called the Cariri Metro that opened in 2009–2010.

Juazeiro do Norte was to begin with a district of the close by town of Crato, till a young Padre Cicero Romao Batista determined to stay as a cleric within the village. Padre Cícero became then chargeable for the independence and emancipation of the metropolis. Because of the so-referred to as "milagre de Juazeiro", the priest become associated with mystical characteristics and commenced to be commemorated by way of the human beings as a saint. Today the city is the second one largest inside the country and a reference inside the Northeast location thanks to the priest.