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Junípero Serra

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Profession
Religious Leader
Died
Aug 28, 1784
Zodiac
Sagittarius
Born in
Spain
About
Remembered for establishing numerous Franciscan missions in California during the eighteenth century, this Spanish-born friar is particularly associated with the Mission San Juan Capistrano and the Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo.
Family
Born Miquel Josep Serra i Ferrer, he grew up in poverty in Majorca, Spain. In the early 1730s, upon entering the Alcantarine Franciscan order, he adopted the name of Junipero.

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