Fray junipero serra biography 4th
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Blessed Junipero Serra, who will be canonized on September 23, 2015 during a Mass in Washington, DC, is depicted in a painting. Image CNS/courtesy of Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library.
Born at Petra, Majorca, Spain, November 24, 1713, a son of Antonio Nadal Serra and Margarita Rosa Ferrer who spent their lives as farmers, Junípero Serra was baptized on the same day at St. Peter’s Church and was given the name Miguel José.
In Petra, Serra attended the primary school of the Franciscans. At 15-years-old, he was taken by his parents to Palma to be placed in the charge of a cathedral canon, and he began to assist at classes in philosophy held in the Franciscan monastery of San Francisco.
Serra was admitted as a novice at the Convento de Jesús outside the walls of Palma on September 14, 1730, and made his profession on September 15, the following year. He chose the name Junípero in memory of the brother companion of St. Francis. He studied philosophy and theology at the Convento de San Francisco. The date of his ordination to the priesthood is not known, though it probably occurred during the Ember Days of December 1738. Serra obtained his doctorate in theology in 1742 from the Lullian University, Palma. He was called to the Scotistic chair of theology at the same uni
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Junípero Serra
Christian missionary (1713–1784)
For the Black Mirror episode, see San Junipero.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Serra and the second or maternal family name is Ferrer.
Saint Junípero Serra O.F.M. | |
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A portrait of Serra | |
| Born | Miguel José Serra Ferrer[1] (1713-11-24)November 24, 1713 Petra, Majorca, Spain[2] |
| Died | August 28, 1784(1784-08-28) (aged 70) Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Las Californias, New Spain, Spanish Empire[2] |
| Beatified | September 25, 1988, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
| Canonized | September 23, 2015, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception by Pope Francis |
| Major shrine | Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States |
| Feast | August 28; July 1 in United States[3][4][5] |
| Attributes | Franciscan habit, wearing a large crucifix, or holding a crucifix accompanied by a young Native American boy |
| Patronage | |
Saint Junípero Serra FerrerO.F.M. (; Spanish:[xuˈnipeɾoˈsera]; November 24, 1713 – August 28, 1784), popularly known simply as Junipero Serra, was a Spanish Catholic priest and missionary of
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