SA, Christovão da. - Archbishop of Goa, C. da S. or from Lisbon, his native city, professed on 9 June 1584 in the convent of Belém of the Order of the Gerosolimitani, d. at Goa on 31 March 1622.
On 30 August 1604 he was named Bishop of Malacca and was consecrated on 21 November of the same year at Belém. In the following spring he set out for his diocese. In 1610 he was transferred to the archdiocese of Goa. On 17 July 1613 he laid the first stone of the new cathedral in his residence. Paul V, by a brief of 6 February 1616, entrusted him with the delimitation of the dioceses of Granganore and Cocino.
St. opposed the method of evangelization inaugurated by the Jesuit De Nobili (q.v.) and in February 1619 convened a new conference at Goa to examine the question, sending its acts to Rome. He died at Goa before the Roman decision arrived.