Veridiana da Silva Prado

She was the daughter of Antônio da Silva Prado, baron of Iguape, coffee grower, sugar and troops trader, one of the wealthiest paulistanos of the time, and Maria Cândida de Moura Vaz. Veridiana raised her children, who played prominent roles in politics, business, and social and cultural life in the country, including Antônio da Silva Prado, her firstborn son, who was Minister of State, senator, deputy and the first mayor of São Paulo (1899 to 1911); and Eduardo Paulo da Silva Prado, founder of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. ==References==