MISSION NOMBRE DE DIOS

Mission Nombre de Dios is a Florida historical marker in St. Johns County, dedicated 1963.

St. Johns County · dedicated 1963 · San Marcos Avenue on grounds of Prince of Peace Ch, St. Augustine

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On this site, September 8, 1565, Pedro Menendez de Aviles landed with a band of settlers to found St. Augustine, first permanent Christian settlement in the United States. Father Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales, Spanish diocesan priest, offered here the first Mass in the Nation's first parish. The Spanish pioneers named this landing site Nombre de Dios-Name of God-and founded here the first mission in the United States.

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Marker data: Florida Historical Marker Program, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State

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