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Mission San Xavier del Bac was established in 1692 by Eusebio Francisco Kino, who founded a chain of Spanish missions in the Sonoran Desert. [6] A Jesuit of Italian descent, Kino often visited and preached in the area, then the Pimería Alta colonial territory of the Viceroyalty of New Spain . [ 1 ]
Abandoned in 1775. The church ruins date to 1751. It later became a visita of San José de Tumacacori around 1773. [3] Mission San Xavier del Bac: 32.10723, -111.00797: 1692 () Jesuits: 1692–1770, 1783–1837, 1859–present. The extant mission church was completed in 1797. [4] [5] Mission San Cayetano de Calabazas: 31.45252, -110.95945: 1756 ...
The next year, Kion built the Mission San Xavier del Bac on the present-day San Xavier Indian Reservation. [3] The O'odham rebellion of 1751 forced the Mission San José de Tumacácori to move to its current location on the Santa Cruz River. [4] During an Apache raid in 1771, the Mission San Xavier del Bac was destroyed. It was rebuilt by 1797 ...
This small chapel is just to the west of the Mission San Xavier del Bac's front entrance. It is located at 1950 West San Xavier Rd.. It houses statues of saints as well as candles used for special prayers. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1966, together with the "Mission San Xavier del Bac" ref.: #66000191. [48] [9]
The San Xavier Indian Reservation (O’odham: Wa:k) is an Indian reservation of the Tohono O’odham Nation located near Tucson, Arizona, in the Sonoran Desert. The San Xavier Reservation lies in the southwestern part of the Tucson metropolitan area and consists of 111.543 sq mi (288.90 km 2 ) of land area, about 2.5 percent of the Tohono O ...
Mission San Lázaro was founded in 1691, but was soon abandoned after Apache attacks. Mission San Xavier del Bac (O'odham [Sobaipuri-O'odham]: Wa:k), 16 mi south of Tucson, Arizona, founded as a missionary location in 1692. The present building, located 1 mi from the original Kino-period location, dates from 1785.
San Javier, Ñuflo de Chávez, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia; San Xavier, Arizona, a town; San Xavier Indian Reservation, near Tucson, Arizona, United States Mission San Xavier del Bac, a historic Spanish Catholic mission on San Xavier Indian Reservation; San Xavier talus snail or Sonorella eremita, a species of air-breathing land snail
The San Xavier District is the site of Mission San Xavier del Bac, the "White Dove of the Desert". This is a major tourist attraction near Tucson. The mission was founded in 1700 by Jesuit missionary and explorer Eusebio Kino. Both the first and current church building were constructed by Oʼodham.