PROFESSOR LEOVEGILDO CHAGAS SANTOS (1955): PATRON OF THE THIRD SCHOOL GROUP OF LIMEIRA, SÃO PAULO STATE IN BRAZIL

Abstract This paper proposes to present the history of the patron of the State School Professor Leovegildo Chagas Santos, the Third School Group of Limeira, state of São Paulo, that hitherto was hidden, since the students, teachers and employees that currently coexist in their school spaces They did not know the person who identifies and differentiates the school institution from the others, since there was no bust, portrait and biography of his patron. From the realization of a field work that was constituted in an intense archaeological activity by means of visits to public and private archives (museums, press, schools, teaching board, church, relatives, offices, municipality ...) was unveiled Aspects of their personal, school and professional life and their contributions to society, specifically for education, reasons that justify their choice as a patronymic designation for the school, making him worthy of such homage and that may allow the school community Build an identity and strengthen the bond with the educational institution.