Montereyen. Seu Fresnen. Beatificationis Et Canonizationis Servi Dei Iuniperi Serra Sacra Sacerdotis Professi O. F. M.; Congregatio Pro Causis Sanctorum Officium Historicum 90 (FIRST EDITION)
Vatican City: Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1981. Illustrated. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1981. Written in Spanish with some Latin (title page). Hardcover. Bound textured brown cloth with gilt lettering on the cover and spine. Marbled gray and cream endpapers. Illustrated occasionally throughout with glossy map and photography inserts in black and white. Frontispiece is a portrait of Junipero, also in black and white. Also contains occasional diagrams, a bibliography, and is indexed. [xxx] 620 pp. Protected by a mylar cover. Some discoloration within the gutter at the front and back endpapers, else fine. Previous owner Terry Ruscin is also the author of ‘Mission Memoirs: A Collection of Photographs, Sketches & Reflections of California’s Past.’ His circular ex-libre mark is blindstamped on the front flyleaf. A very nice, beautiful copy.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "JunÃpero Serra y Ferrer O.F.M. (1713 – 1784) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Order. He is credited with establishing the Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. He later founded a mission in Baja California and the first nine of 21 Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco, in what was then Spanish-occupied Alta California in the Province of Las Californias, New Spain. Serra was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 25 September 1988 in Vatican City. Amid denunciations from Native American tribes who accused Serra of presiding over a brutal colonial subjugation, Pope Francis canonized Serra on 23 September 2015 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., during his first visit to the United States. Serra's missionary efforts earned him the title of 'Apostle of California'. Both before and after his canonization, Serra's reputation and missionary work during the Spanish occupation have been condemned by critics, who cite alleged mandatory conversions to Catholicism, followed by abuse of the Native American converts." (Wikipedia)
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12.5" x 9" x 1.5"
Item #067415
Price: $150.00