Ágatha Francesconi Gatti holds a PhD in Economic History (2021) from the Universidade de São Paulo (USP), a M.A. in Social History (2010) and a A. B. in History (2005) from the same university. She obtained fellowships from the "Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo" (FAPESP) at all stages of her academic training (scientific initiation, master's and doctorate) and carried out research internships in Portugal and Italy as visiting researcher of the ICS-UL and of the CIDEHUS-UE. She has an outstanding domain of the collections and funds of Portuguese libraries and archives that hold documentation related to the History of the Church in the Modern Period and, throughout his doctorate, she acquired extensive knowledge of the Vatican archives, consulting especially the funds of the "Archivio Segreto Vaticano" and of the "Archivio Storico 'De Propaganda Fide'". Since december 2022, she works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Graduate Program on History of Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP/Guarulhos). Her research encompasses the Modern Period, mainly the History of the Portuguese Empire and the History of Christianity in the 17th and 18th centuries, focusing on the following topics: Portuguese Colonialism; Diplomatic relations between Portugal and the Holy See; royal patronages; Indigenous history; Juntas de Missões; missionary policies; Holy See; Propaganda Fide.