Territorialidades da figura política e religiosa do padre Cícero Romão Batista em Juazeiro do Norte (SE), Boca da Mata (AL), e Cachoeira Dourada (MG)

Abstract

The general objective of this work was to understand the political role of Father Cícero and how his figure influences regional political activities to this day. The methodology used for this was divided into stages, where in the first stage the reading of books, articles and research by several authors was carried out in order to support the discussion to be carried out in this work. In a second moment, we carried out a documental analysis and observed the cinematographic representations of Father Cícero through the exchange of documents inherent to Father Cícero's history with some researchers. Subsequently, a visit was carried out in the areas of influence of the devotion to this “popular myth” that was/is Father Cicero between December 2019 and January 2020. With the completion of this study, it was possible to see that Father Cicero is a northeastern reference, in fact responsible for cultural, social, political and economic transformations. The image created by people over time has also contributed to the socio-spatial formation of cities such as Juazeiro do Norte (CE) and its area of influence, in addition to radiating faith throughout the Brazilian territory through religious tourism, especially in the states of Alagoas, Ceará and Minas Gerais. It was also observed that the figure of Father Cícero has been undergoing a historical review through works of a critical nature that point to a manipulative and coronelist human profile, very typical of Northeastern Brazil in the first half of the 20th century.

Keywords: Space. Political biography. Father Cícero. Juazeiro.