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Founding of Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad
- When
- October 9, 1791
- Where
- Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, Soledad, California
Fermín Francisco de Lasuén founded the mission on October 9, 1791, as the thirteenth of California's Spanish missions.
On October 9, 1791, Fermín Francisco de Lasuén founded Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, dedicated to Mary, Our Lady of Solitude. The Franciscan order established the mission to convert the Native Americans living in the area to Catholicism. It became the thirteenth of twenty-one missions in the California chain, located in Soledad in Monterey County.
Sources
- Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-04
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