Caninde

The biggest dedicated peregrination the San Francisco, is of Assis, Italian native land of the saint of the poor persons, happens in Canindé. About 2,5 million people they visit the place in the private week the San Francisco of the Chagas, that generally happens of 26 of September the 4 of October, day of the padroeiro. The devotion is so strong that the Vatican granted to the Church of San Francisco de Canindé the basilica status, reserved only to the main destinations of Christian pilgrims in the whole world. The biggest franciscano sanctuary in the American continent also is in Canindé, city of the central hinterland of the located Ceará the 115 km of $fortaleza. Area code: 75.347