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In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco".San Francisco de Asís was known as Pater Communitatis (father of the community) when he founded the Franciscan order, and "Paco" is a short form of Pater Communitatis.
Paco is a Spanish nickname for Francisco.According to folk etymology, the nickname has its origins in Saint Francis of Assisi, who was the father of the Franciscan order; his name was written in Latin by the order as pater communitatis (father of the community); hence "Paco" was supposedly obtained by taking the first syllable of each word.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. Spanish explorer of the American southwest Francisco Vázquez de Coronado Governor of New Galicia Monarch Charles I Personal details Born 1510 (1510) Salamanca, Crown of Castile Died 22 September 1554 (1554-09-22) (aged 43–44) Mexico City, Viceroyalty of New Spain Signature Military ...
[255] [256] [257] The pope canonized the two child visionaries Francisco and Jacinta Marto during his visit to Fátima in mid-2017 and canonized 35 additional saints on 15 October. [ 258 ] [ 259 ] Francis recognized seven saints, including his predecessor Pope Paul VI and Óscar Romero , on 14 October 2018. [ 260 ]
Francisco de Orellana (Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈθisko ðe oɾeˈʝana]; 1511 – November 1546) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador.In one of the most improbably successful voyages in known history, Orellana managed to sail the length of the Amazon, arriving at the river's mouth on 24 August 1542.
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, [Note 1] OFM (1436 – 8 November 1517) was a Spanish cardinal, religious figure, and statesman.Starting from humble beginnings he rose to the heights of power, becoming a religious reformer, twice regent of Spain, Cardinal, Grand Inquisitor, promoter of the Crusades in North Africa, and founder of the Alcalá University.
Francisco Solano y Jiménez (also known as Francis Solanus; 10 March 1549 – 14 July 1610) was a Spanish friar and missionary in South America, belonging to the Order of Friars Minor (the Franciscans), and is honored as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
Convento de San Rafael in Belchite, destroyed in the Civil War, now a monument Francisco Franco and Dwight D. Eisenhower in Madrid in 1959. The Second Spanish Republic was established in April 1931 after King Alfonso XIII had forced the dictator General Miguel Primo de Rivera to resign, followed by nationwide municipal elections.