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Spanish priest and chronicler of Texas enters Franciscan order
On this day in 1697, future Texas chronicler Isidro Félix de Espinosa was
professed as a novice at the College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro, a
Franciscan missionary institution in Mexico. He probably arrived in Texas
in 1703. Espinosa's missionary activities in Texas included his
participation in several expeditions. Dubbed the "Julius Caesar of the
Faith in New Spain" because he worked by day and wrote all night, Espinosa
left behind several works on early Texas, including a biography of his
friend Antonio Margil de Jesús. Espinosa's Crónica de los colegios de
propaganda fide de la Nueva España has been called the "most important
contemporary account of the Franciscans in Texas."
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- ESPINOSA, ISIDRO FELIX DE
- FRANCISCANS
- COLLEGE OF SANTA CRUZ DE QUERETARO
- MARGIL DE JESUS, ANTONIO
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