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Fermín de Lasuén
Basque Franciscan missionary / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lasuén and the second or maternal family name is de Arasqueta.
Fermín de Francisco Lasuén de Arasqueta (7 June 1736 – Mission de San Carlos (California), 26 June 1803) was a Basque[1] Franciscan missionary to Alta California president of the Franciscan missions there, and founder of nine of the twenty-one Spanish missions in California.
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Fermín de Lasuén | |
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![]() Statue of Lasuén as depicted on a Junípero Serra cenotaph at Mission Carmel | |
Born | 1723 (1723) |
Died | 1803(1803-00-00) (aged 79–80) Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Alta California |
Occupation | Missionary |
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