# João Teixeira de Faria

> João Teixeira de Faria, known also as João de Deus, is a Brazilian self-proclaimed medium, and self-proclaimed psychic surgeon. He was based in Abadiânia, Brazil, where he ran a spiritual healing center called the Casa de Dom Inácio de Loyola. He received media coverage on CNN, ABC News, and personally from The Oprah Winfrey Show. However, James Randi and Joe Nickell exposed his healing procedures as nothing more than carnival tricks, and there is no evidence that the benefits reported by patients are anything more than placebo effects.

*Brazilian religious leader and convicted rapist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/joao-teixeira-de-faria

## Identity
- **Country:** Brazil
- **Born:** 1942-06-24
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 10.2 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 8.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 55.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Sources
- [João Teixeira de Faria](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Teixeira_de_Faria)
- [جواو تيكسيرا دي فاريا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7)
- [جواو تيكسيرا دى فاريا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7)
- [João Teixeira de Faria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Teixeira_de_Faria)
- [João Teixeira de Faria](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Teixeira_de_Faria)
- [João Teixeira de Faria](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Teixeira_de_Faria)
- [João Teixeira de Faria](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Teixeira_de_Faria)
- [João de Deus](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_de_Deus)
- [John of God](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_God)
- [João de Deus (criminoso)](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_de_Deus_(criminoso))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q576918)

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