sentences:  Saraiva is most famous in Portugal, but also among Portuguese communities around the world, on account of his television programs on the History of Portugal, broadcast by RTP.He was a member of the Sciences Academy of Lisbon, Portuguese Academy of History and São Paulo Historical Institute in Brazil.Hermano Saraiva was distinguished with the "Grã-Cruz of the Order of Public Instruction", "Grã-Cruz of the Order of Prince Henry", the "Grã-Cruz of the Order of Barão do Rio Branco" of Brazil, the "Grã-Cruz of the Ordem do Mérito do Trabalho" and the "Comendador da Real Ordem de Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Vila Viçosa".