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Definition of Miguel Jose Serra
1. Noun. Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Miguel Jose Serra
Literary usage of Miguel Jose Serra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Beginnings of San Francisco: From the Expedition of Anza, 1774, to the by Zoeth Skinner Eldredge (1912)
"... 1713, Miguel Jose Serra, son of Antonio Serra and Margarita Ferrer, his wife.
The boy early- developed religious tendencies and his favorite reading was ..."
2. The Story of California from the Earliest Days to the Present by Henry Kittredge Norton (1913)
"Miguel Jose Serra was born of lowly parents at Petra in the island of Majorca,
November 24, 1713. As a boy he exhibited a strong tendency to the thoughtful ..."
3. California: Its History and Romance by John Steven McGroarty (1911)
"Miguel Jose Serra was born in the village of Petra on the Isle of Majorca, November
24, 1713, and was, therefore, fifty-six years of age when he left La Paz ..."
4. California the Golden by Rockwell Dennis Hunt (1911)
"The baptismal name of the first Father-President of the Franciscan Missions of
California was Miguel Jose Serra. He was born of lowly parentage at the ..."
5. The Missions of Nueva California by Charles Franklin Carter (1900)
"Miguel Jose Serra, the " Apostle of California," was boru at Petra, Mallorca,
November 24, 1713, and took the name of Junipero " on account of the ardent ..."
6. Frémont and '49: The Story of a Remarkable Career and Its Relation to the by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh (1914)
"... but in. that year Captain Portola and Padre Junipero (Miguel Jose) Serra were
sent from California Baja (Peninsular California) to establish settlements ..."
7. Memories of a Rear-admiral who Has Served for More Than Half a Century in by Samuel Rhoades Franklin (1898)
"In 1769, Father Miguel Jose Serra Junipero was appointed Superior of a band of
Franciscan Priests, who were sent to California to take charge of the ..."
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