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Luis Jayme or Lluís Jaume O.F.M. (October 18, 1740 – November 5, 1775), born Melcior Jaume Vallespir, was a Spanish-born Roman Catholic priest of the Franciscan Order. He was the first Catholic martyr who died in Alta California .
Aug 24, 2020 · The Father Luis Jayme Cross. Aug 24. Father Melcor (Luis) Jayme became pastor of Mission San Diego de Alcalá in 1771 and was instrumental in moving the mission to its present site – six miles east of the original site.
Jan 1, 1976 · On September 27, 1760, Melchor Jayme was invested with the Franciscan habit, in the Convento de Santa Maria de los Angeles de Jesus. Following a year of strict seclusion and rigorous discipline, Jayme solemnly promised to observe the rule of the Friars Minor for the rest of his earthly lifespan. From then onwards, he was known as ...
Father Luis Jayme O.F. M. . Melchor Jayme was born in the farming village of San Juan, Majorca on October 18, 1740. When he was 15, he enrolled in the St. Bernadine School where Father Serra had studied as a youth. He became a Franciscan five years later.
Little by little we are learning more about the burning of the San Diego Mission by the Indians in 1775, and the consequent violent death of Father Luis Jayme. One of the few existing original letters written by Father Jayme came into the possession of the San Diego Public Library through a purchase from the Thomas Winthrop Streeter Collection.
Jul 29, 2018 · On arriving at the Presidio, he buried the two dead, the venerable Father Luis Jayme and the blacksmith José Romero. Then they endeavored to restore to health the four soldiers and the carpenter Urselino.
The Father Luis Jayme Cross. Father Melcor (Luis) Jayme became pastor of Mission San Diego de Alcalá in 1771 and was instrumental in moving the mission to its present site – six miles east of the original site.
