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Dom Orani Tempesta, Metropolitan Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro during Sao Jorge celebration at Igreja Matriz de Quintino ( Catholic Quintino church ) in Quintino Bocayuva neighborhood, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro.  Saint George, born in Lydda, Palestine, was a soldier in the Roman army and was later venerated as a Christian martyr is revered in many cults of african-Brazilian religions - religious syncretism. Dom Orani was elevated to the cardinalate at the consistory on 22 February 2014.