Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de Benevente Pueblo

Type: General Entry

Published: 1952

Updated: August 11, 2020

Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de Benevente, an Indian pueblo attached to Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de los Ais Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de los Ais Mission, was named by Martín de Alarcón on his inspection tour of Texas in 1718.

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Carlos E. Castañeda, Our Catholic Heritage in Texas (7 vols., Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1936–58; rpt., New York: Arno, 1976).

Categories:

Peoples
Native American
Religion
Catholic
Architecture
Missions
Presidios
Pueblos

Time Periods:

Spanish Texas

The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

Anonymous, “Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de Benevente Pueblo,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed June 26, 2022, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/nuestra-senora-de-los-dolores-de-benevente-pueblo.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

Original Publication Date:: 1952
Most Recent Revision Date:: August 11, 2020

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