Category:Ciríaco (capoeirsta)
Brazilian capoeira master
- Born
- 1871, Campos dos Goytacazes
- Died
- 18 May 1912
- Occupation
- capoeira practitioner
Francisco da Silva Ciríaco (1871 – May 18, 1912), best known as Ciríaco, Cyriaco or Macaco Velho, was a Brazilian master of capoeira. He became famous for defeating Japanese jujutsu practitioner Sada Miyako.
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.