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Mission of Nombre de Dios a while ago
27 Ocean Avenue, St. Augustine, FL 32084
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This may be the birth place of the last known Timucuan, Juan Alonso Cabale, which is listed as the Mission Senore de la Leche, this site is also known as the Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche.
The official story goes:
"The Mission of Nombre de Dios traces its origins to the founding of the City of St. Augustine, America’s oldest city, in 1565. On September 8, 1565, Pedro Menendez de Aviles landed and proclaimed this site for Spain and the Church. It was here that Menendez knelt to kiss a wooden cross presented to him by Father Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales, chaplain of his expedition. It was on these grounds that Fr. Lopez would celebrate the first parish Mass and begin the work at America’s first Mission. It was at this sacred spot that the Spanish settlers would begin the devotion to Our Lady of La Leche that continues into the present."
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