Edgar Freitas Gomes da Silva (born 25 September 1962) is a Portuguese politician and former Catholic priest.

He is known for having been a bitter dissident from the Portuguese Catholic hierarchy.

Edgar Silva is a licenciate in Theology and holds a master's degree in Systematic Theology from the Catholic University of Portugal.

He has been a militant of the Portuguese Communist Party since 1997, and also a member of its Central Committee since 10 December 2000.

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