Frei Jose de Santo Antonio was born as Jose Caetano de Miranda. He was the son of Joao de Miranda and Filipa Lopes branca from Sedanes end of Mirandela, Province of Trasos-Montes. he was a Reader of Philisophy and Theology. He was the Rector of the Colegio do Populo de goa in 1783. He worked in the Royal Chapel of Saint Anthony in Old Goa. He died on 3rd April 1784.