Krasicki – Polish bishop Zygmunt Krasiński poet, one of the three greatest in Poland Czesław Miłosz Polish poet, prose writer, translator and diplomat Lithuania born Grażyna Miller – Polish poet and translator; translated the poem Roman Triptych (2003) by Pope John Paul II from Polish into Italian Adam Naruszewicz – Jesuit poet Władysław Reymont – novelist; recipient of 1924 Nobel Prize in Literature for his four-part novel Chłopi (The Peasants) Henryk Sienkiewicz – novelist; recipient of 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature; his novel Quo Vadis (1895) deals with the rise and persecution of Christianity in Rome Jan Twardowski – poet; became a priest in 1948 and a provost in 1959 Portuguese language Mariana Alcoforado – Poor Clares member; considered by some to have written the Letters of a Portuguese Nun Francisco do Monte Alverne – Brazilian franciscan friar, theologian and preacher Gustavo Barroso – Brazilian integralist writer, lawyer and politician Manuel Bernardes (see :pt:Manuel Bernardes) – Portuguese priest and writer Pêro Vaz de Caminha – Portuguese knight, writer and secretary, known for the official report of the discovery of Brazil Luís de Camões – Catholic; his poem is (among other things) a call to arms against the enemies of the Christian faith Lúcio Cardoso – Catholic writer, poet and playwright Miguel Esteves Cardoso contemporary writer, critic and journalist Otto Maria Carpeaux – Austrian-born Brazilian journalist and literary historian and critic Olavo de Carvalho – Brazilian philosopher, journalist and essayist Gustavo Corção (see :pt:Gustavo Corção) – Brazilian Catholic writer Denis of Portugal – signed a favouring agreement with the pope and swore to protect the church's interests Santa Rita Durão – Luso-Brasilian Augustinian friar and Neoclassic poet Otávio de Faria – Brazilian novelist and journalist Orlando Fedeli – Brazilian Traditionalist Catholic historian, teacher and political activist Jackson de Figueiredo – Brazilian lawyer, journalist and essayist Alceu Amoroso Lima – Brazilian Catholic writer and activist Gregório de Matos – Colonial Brazil Catholic poet, satirist and lawyer Fábio de Melo – Contemporary Brazilian Catholic priest, writer and artist Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira – Brazilian Catholic professor, writer and founder of the Tradition, Family, Property movement Murilo Mendes – Brazilian convert, Modernist poet and surrealist forerunner Adélia Prado – Brazilian Catholic poet Paulo Ricardo – Contemporary Brazilian Catholic priest, writer and professor Nelson Rodrigues – Brazilian playwright and journalist Marcelo Rossi – Brazilian Catholic priest, artist and writer Plínio Salgado – Brazilian writer, journalist,