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Adelir Antônio de Carli, Brazilian priest and balloonist

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Adelir Antônio de Carli

Brazilian priest and balloonist (1967–2008)

Adelir Antônio de Carli, also known as Padre Baloeiro or Padre do Balão, was a Brazilian Catholic priest who died after a cluster-ballooning attempt on 20 April 2008. Carli undertook the exercise to raise money to fund a spiritual rest area for truck drivers in the port city of…
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February 8

Day of the year

February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 326 days remain until the end of the year.
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