Colégio Dom Amando is a

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with grade levels ranging from grammar school to high school. The school was founded in Santarém,

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by Bishop Anselmo Petrula, a Franciscan from Germany in 1943. In 1951, the administration was turned over to the Congregation of the Brothers of Holy Cross. The school currently enrolls approximately 1,300 students.

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