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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 ]
The Mission at the San Xavier Indian Reservation. August 2005. The reservation is home to a Spanish mission, Mission San Xavier del Bac, which was built in between 1783 and 1797. It is a National Historic Landmark, and has been in continuous use for over 200 years. It was built by Tohono O’odham laborers.
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 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 ...
The mission inherited the lands of San Francisco Xavier de Naxara. The current church building was completed in 1755. [50] [50] [51] [52] San Francisco Xavier de Horcasitas 30.69599, -97.11345 [53] (historical marker at 30.69141, -97.11338) [54] May 7, 1748 The martyrdom of Father Gazibal caused the departure of the Indians and the friars.
Also the Mission San Xavier del Bac is a pilgrimage site. [80] The mission is an active parish church ministering to the people of the San Xavier District, Tohono O'odham Nation, and nearby Tucson, Arizona. Francis Xavier is honored in the Church of England and in the Episcopal Church on 3 December. [81] [82]
Mission San Xavier del Bac, est. 1692 in the Sonoran Desert, Viceroyalty of New Spain. The mission of Sainte-Marie among the Hurons. Jean de Brébeuf and Gabriel Lallemant stand ready for boiling water/fire "Baptism" and flaying by the Iroquois in 1649.
The original inhabitants of San Xavier were the Piñoca tribe. The church was built between 1749 and 1752 by the Swiss Jesuit and architect Fr. Martin Schmid. The school and church, as well as other characteristics of residential architecture, are still visible today in the village. San Xavier was restored by Hans Roth between 1987 and 1993. [3 ...