| San Francisco Xavier Cemetery Caju Cemetery | |
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Cemitério de São Francisco Xavier Cemitério Caju | |
 view of the cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 18 October 1851 |
| Location | Caju, in Rio de Janeiro |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Coordinates | 22°52′59″S 43°13′19″W / 22.883°S 43.222°W |
| Type | public. multifaith |
| Style | eclectic |
| Owned by | Prefeitura da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro |
| Size | 441.000 m2 |
| Website | Official website |
| Find a Grave | San Francisco Xavier Cemetery Caju Cemetery |
The São Francisco Xavier Cemetery is the largest of the many necropolises that make up the group popularly known as the Caju Cemetery, located in the Caju neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro's North Zone. It is the largest cemetery in the state of Rio de Janeiro, covering 441,000 m2, and one of the largest in Brazil. The other cemeteries that make up the group of necropolises are the Cemetery of the Third Order of Carmel, the Cemetery of the Venerable Third Order of St. Francis of Penance and the Jewish Communal Cemetery of Caju. It was officially founded on 18 October 1851, in the same place where a slave cemetery had existed since 1839, and has been administered by the Concessionária Reviver since 2015,[1] after more than 150 years of administration by the Santa Casa de Misericórdia [Holy House of Mercy].[2]
- ^ Ermakoff, George (2006). Rio de Janeiro 1840–1900: uma crônica fotográfica. Rio de Janeiro: G. Ermakoff Casa Editorial. ISBN 9788598815053.
- ^ Silveira, Daniel (29 October 2014). "Consórcio Reviver assume gestão de sete cemitérios públicos do Rio". g1.globo.com/. G1 Rio. Retrieved 10 August 2019.