Mission San Gabriel Arcángel
| Mission San Gabriel Arcángel | |
|---|---|
| Surname | Mission San Gabriel Arcángel |
| place | San Gabriel , California |
| Original name | La Misión del Santo Príncipe El Arcángel, San Gabriel de Los Temblores |
| translation | The Mission of the Holy Prince, Archangel Saint Gabriel of the Earthquakes |
| Namesake | Saint Gabriel |
| nickname | "Pride of the missions of Upper California" "Mother of Agriculture in California" |
| Founded in | September 8 , 1771 |
| Founded by | Father Pedro Cambón and Angel de la Somera |
| Founding order | Fourth |
| Military district | First |
| Indigenous tribe | Tongva Gabrieliño |
| Place name | Iisanchanga , Shevaanga |
| owner | Roman Catholic Church |
| Currently used as | Chapel and museum |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 34 ° 5 ′ 51 ″ N , 118 ° 6 ′ 23 ″ W. |
| NHL | # NPS-71000158 |
| CHL | # 158 |
| Website | www.sangabrielmission.org |
The San Gabriel Mission is a Spanish Franciscan mission near present-day San Gabriel in California . It was founded on September 8, 1771 , the feast day of the birth of the Virgin Mary . The mission was often called the "Godmother of the Pueblo de Los Angeles ". The Franciscan Padres, whose mission was to found the Mission, first chose a place on the banks of the Río de los Temblores (Eng .: Earthquake River , today Santa Ana River ). The choice finally fell on a fertile plain directly on the banks of the Rio Hondo in Whittier Narrows, east of what is now downtown Los Angeles. Between 1771 and 1834, the year of the mission's secularization , over 25,000 people were baptized there. Between 1862 and 1908 the mission church served as a parish church for the community of San Gabriel, only to be taken over and restored by Claretians . Since May 6, 1971, the San Gabriel Mission has been a listed building on the National Register of Historic Places .
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- ↑ Leffingwell, p. 17
- ↑ Ruscin, p. 48
- ↑ Yenne, p. 98
- ↑ Ruscin, p. 196
- ↑ Ruscin, p. 195
- ↑ Entry in the National Register Information System . National Park Service , accessed May 25, 2016