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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. [1] He was the first Catholic martyr who died in Alta California. [2]
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 · And were Fray Luis Jayme alive today, one strongly suspects that his message to the Christians of 1975 would echo the observation of Horace Mann that “it is often more difficult and calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one.”
General 1 — Mission San Diego History. 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.
May 18, 2015 · Fray Luis Jayme (1740-1775), a native of the tranquil farming village of San Juan de Mallorca, was immensely pleased when the Presidente of the California Missions appointed him to what would be ...
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.
Jul 29, 2018 · Account of the Cruel Martyrdom of the Venerable Father Luis Jayme, and of the Lamentable Tragedy at Mission San Diego. By Father Palou. Exerpt: At about 1 o’clock in the night that part of the savage mob arrived which was to attack the poor mission.
