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Nombre de Dios Mission
The Mission of Nombre de Dios traces its origins to the founding of the City of St. Augustine in 1565. It was here that Pedro Menendez de Aviles knelt to kiss a wooden cross presented to him by the chaplain ...
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Mission Nombre de Dios
On this site, September 8, 1565, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed with a band of settlers to found St. Augustine, first permanent Christian settlement in the United States. Father Francisco López de Mendoza Grajales, Spanish diocesan Priest, offered here the ...
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