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2. Georgia Martyrs - Wikipedia

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   He is the only one of the Georgia Martyrs to be a lay brother. He came to Florida by following the same route as Pedro. He may have worked at a number of missions, ultimately ending at Santa Catalina. [8] He was martyred September 17, 1597. [5] Francisco de Veráscola Sáez de Castañiza was born and baptized on February 13, 1564, in Gordejuela ...

3. Catholic Church in Georgia - Wikipedia

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   Around this time, Catholic missionaries became active in Georgia, setting up small Latin communities. A Latin Church diocese was established at Tbilisi in 1329, but this was allowed to lapse after the appointment of the fourteenth and last of its line of bishops in 1507, owing to few numbers of Catholics. Catholic missions residence in Mingrelia.

4. Guale - Wikipedia

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   Between 1675 and 1684, the Westo tribe, supported by English colonists in the colonies of Carolina and Virginia, destroyed all Spanish missions in Georgia. Attacks by English-supported pirates also contributed to the breakup of the missions. In 1680 a group of pirates sacked Mission Santa Catalina de Guale. By 1684 the Spanish and Indians had ...

5. Santa Catalina de Guale - Wikipedia

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   The mission Santa Catalina de Guale was founded in 1602 on St. Catherines Island, one of the Sea Islands of the present-day U.S. state of Georgia.It was probably associated with a Guale village known today as the archaeological site "Wamassee Head", on St. Catherines Island.

6. History of Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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   The history of Georgia in the United States of America spans pre-Columbian time to the present-day U.S. state of Georgia. The area was inhabited by Native American tribes for thousands of years. A modest Spanish presence was established in the late 16th century, mostly centered on Catholic missions. The Spanish had largely withdrawn from the ...

7. Spanish missions in Georgia - Wikipedia

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   Spanish missions in the present-day US state of Georgia Mission Name Location Province or Region Documentation of when missions were active is incomplete. Years listed in this column may not represent either the earliest or the latest year in which a mission was in use.}} References Espogache [a] [b] Guale: 1605–? [5] Guale [a] 31.62534, -81. ...

8. Peter Whelan (priest) - Wikipedia

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   Peter Whelan was born in 1802 in Loughnageer, Foulkesmills (parish of Clongeen), County Wexford, Ireland.Little is known about his early life. From 1822 to 1824 he attended St Kieran's College in Kilkenny, where he received a classical and mathematical education before coming to America.

9. History of the Moravian Church - Wikipedia

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   They were also first to send unordained "lay" people (rather than trained professional clergymen), the first to go to enslaved people, and the first in many countries of the world. The first Moravian missionaries were a potter named Johann Leonhard Dober and a carpenter named David Nitschmann , who went to the Caribbean island of St Thomas in 1732.