Adib Domingos Jatene, 1929-2014

Or simply Adib to me, was born in Xapuri (AC). At birth, a voice (that of God!) made itself heard in the following words: “Maktub: this newborn will distinguish himself among many and, like few others, will know how to lead himself and lead those who seek him. The work that will be imposed will be twice the common, and his dynamism, his reputation and his intelligence will take him to the pinnacle of glory.”

Adib was born of Lebanese parents; his father, a merchant, who traded with rubber tappers, died of yellow fever when Adib was two years old.

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