Franciscan missions

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Franciscan missions were Catholic missionary outposts established by the Franciscan order, especially in the Americas and Asia, to convert Indigenous peoples and extend Spanish and Portuguese colonial influence.


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Christian missionary movements
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Spanish conquest of Florida ("Timucua missions")
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San José de Gracia Church at Las Trampas ("Spanish colonial missions in New Mexico")
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