Damián Massanet was a Spanish Franciscan priest who co-founded the College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro, the first missionary college in New Spain.[1]
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but he is believed to have been born in Majorca. After traveling to New Spain, Massanet was one of the Franciscan priests who founded the College of Santa Cruz in what is present day Querétaro, Mexico, in 1683. He would later establish Mission San Bernardino de la Caldera near the Coahuila–Nuevo León border.[1]
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Massanet would later return to Querétaro, and it is surmised that he spent the remainder of his life there.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Chipman, Donald E. "Massanet, Damian". The Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
- ^ Bolton, Herbert Eugene, ed. (1916). Spanish exploration in the Southwest, 1542–1706. Vol. 17. Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 350.
- ^ Weddle, Robert S. "San Francisco de los Tejas Mission". The Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2011-08-22.