Mission San Rafael Arcángel

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Mission San Rafael Arcángel is a historic Spanish mission in present-day San Rafael, California, founded in 1817 as a medical asistencia to Mission San Francisco de Asís and later developed into a full mission.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic mission
Spanish mission in California
historic site
alsoKnownAs Misión San Rafael Arcángel
Mission San Rafael Arcangel
archdiocese Archdiocese of San Francisco
architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial
associatedRoute El Camino Real
associatedWith Mission system in Alta California
Spanish colonization of the Americas
CaliforniaHistoricalLandmarkNumber 220
colonialPowerAtFounding Spanish Empire
country United States
currentStatus active parish and historic site
currentUse parish church
dedicatedTo Archangel Raphael
denomination Roman Catholic Church
foundedAs asistencia
founder Father Vicente Francisco de Sarría
Franciscan Order
foundingDate 1817-12-14
governingBodyAfterSecularization Mexican government
hasCemetery yes
hasMuseum yes
hasReconstructedChurch yes
heritageDesignation California Historical Landmark
languageOfLiturgy Latin
laterStatus full mission
locatedIn Alta California
California
Marin County, California
San Francisco Bay Area
San Rafael, California
namedAfter Archangel Raphael
originalConstructionMaterial adobe
originalFunction medical asistencia to Mission San Francisco de Asís
parentMission Mission San Francisco de Asís
partOf California mission chain
primaryPurposeAtFounding care for sick Native Americans
reconstructionPeriod 20th century
region Northern California
religiousOrder Franciscans
secularizationDate 1834
sequenceNumber 20th mission in Alta California
servedPopulation Coast Miwok people
Pomo people
touristAttraction yes

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Mission San Rafael Arcángel ("Mission San Rafael Arcangel")
Mission San Rafael Arcángel ("Misión San Rafael Arcángel")
alsoKnownAs
Spanish missions in California
hasPart
Coast Miwok
missionizationAt

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