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'''Antonio Margil''' (18 August 1657 – 6 August 1726) was a Spanish (American) [[Franciscan]] missionary in North and Central America. |
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|caption = Antonio Margil's statue in Queretaro, Mexico |
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|birth_place = [[Valencia]], [[Spain]] |
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'''Antonio Margil''', OFM (18 August 1657 – 6 August 1726) was a Spanish [[Franciscan]] missionary in North and Central America. Based at the College of Santa Cruz in [[Querétaro City|Santiago de Querétaro]], after 1715, he worked largely in Texas and Louisiana. Father Margil was declared "Venerable" in 1836. |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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Antonio Margil was born in Valencia, Spain, on August 18, 1657. Margil entered the Franciscan Order in his native city on 22 April 1673. After his ordination to the priesthood, he volunteered for the [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] missions and arrived at [[Veracruz, Veracruz|Vera Cruz]] on 6 June 1683. He was stationed at the missionary [[College of Santa Cruz deQuerétaro]], but was generally engaged in reaching missions in [[Yucatan]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Nicaragua]], and especially in [[Guatemala]].<ref name=Engelhardt>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09657b.htm Engelhardt, Zephyrin. "Antonio Margil." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 10 July 2023 {{PD-notice}}</ref> |
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He always walked barefooted, without sandals, fasted every day in the year, never used meat or fish, and applied the discipline |
He always walked barefooted, without sandals, fasted every day in the year, never used meat or fish, and applied the discipline and other instruments of penance to himself. He slept very little but passed in prayer the greater part of the night, as well as the time allotted for the ''[[siesta]]''.<ref name=Engelhardt/> On 25 June 1706, Margil was appointed the first guardian of the [[College of Guadalupe de Zacatecas]]. |
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===East Texas=== |
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On 25 June 1706, Margil was appointed first guardian of the newly erected missionary college of [[Guadalupe, Zacatecas]]. In 1716 he led a band of three fathers and two lay-brothers into [[Texas]], and founded the missions of Guadalupe among the [[Nacogdoches]], Dolores among the [[Eyeish|Ays]], and San Miguel among the [[Adays]]. When the French destroyed these missions, Father Margil withdrew to the Rio San Antonio ([[San Antonio River]]), and remained near the present city of [[San Antonio, Texas]] for more than a year. There he established [[Mission San José (Texas)]] to serve the [[Coahuiltecan]] Indians. |
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In 1716 he accompanied [[Domingo Ramón (explorer)|Domingo Ramón]]'s expedition to [[East Texas]]. The expedition began from San Juan Bautista (present-day [[Guerrero, Coahuila]]) on April 12, 1716, and was made up of seventy-five members (among them twelve friars, including [[Isidro de Espinosa]], president of the missionaries from the College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro.<ref name="Muse">[https://bexargenealogy.org/archives/ramondiary1716.pdf Cunningham, Debbie S., "The Domingo Ramón Diary of the 1716 Expedition into the Province of the Tejas Indians: An Annotated Translation", ''Southwestern Historical Quarterly'', Vol. CX, No. 1, July 2006]</ref><ref name="HTIE">{{cite news|author=Chipman, Donald E. |url= https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fes04|title=Isidro de Espinoza|publisher= Handbook of Texas Online}}</ref> and more than twenty civilians). Margil founded the mission of [[Spanish missions in Texas#Mission Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de los Nacogdoches|Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe]] to serve the [[Nacogdoche]].<ref>Maxwell, Margaret Muenker. ''Let's Visit Texas Missions'' (1997) Austin, Texas: Eakin Press, p. 18 {{ISBN| 1-57168-197-3}}</ref> In a 1716 letter to the viceroy of New Spain, Margil was the first to refer to these territories as the province of [[New Philippines]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Anri Ichimura |title=Lost Footnotes in History: Why Texas Was Once Called New Philippines |url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/new-philippines-a00304-20200614 |access-date=30 August 2021 |work=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |date=14 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105230829/https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/new-philippines-a00304-20200614 |archive-date=5 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref> |
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Margil returned with Ramon in 1717 and founded [[Spanish missions in Texas#Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de los Ais|Nuestra Señora de los Dolores]] among the [[Eyeish]]. |
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From the Eyeish, Margil heard of the [[Adai people]], and in March, 1717, located them near Spanish Lake. He founded the mission of [[Spanish missions in Texas#Mission San Miguel de Linares de los Adaes|San Miguel de Linares]],<ref name="HTIE"/> and built there probably the first church in Louisiana.<ref name=Mahé>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10710a.htm Mahé, Célestin. "Natchitoches." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 10 July 2023 {{PD-notice}}</ref> This was just 20 miles (32 km) west of the French fort at [[Natchitoches, Louisiana]]. |
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Leaving Father Gusman in charge, Margil journeyed on foot to Natchitoches to minister to the French Catholics there, and then went back to Texas. He remained near the present city of [[San Antonio, Texas]] for more than a year.<ref name=Engelhardt/> There he established [[Mission San José (Texas)]] to serve the [[Coahuiltecan]]. |
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In 1718, during the brief war with Spain, the French Commandant at Natchitoches, invaded the Adai mission, plundered it, and carried away the church vestments. Margil heard of it, and in 1721 came back, found the Adai who had taken refuge in the forests for fear of the French, and rebuilt their church, which he dedicated to [[Our Lady of the Pillar]], the patroness of the expedition. For many years afterwards the Adai mission was attended from San Antonio by the Franciscans, who attended also the missions of Nacogdoches and St. Augustin, Texas.<ref name=Mahé/> |
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== Veneration == |
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Margil's cause was formally opened on July 19, 1769, and he was given the title [[Servant of God]]. His spiritual writings were approved by theologians on May 4, 1796. In 1836 [[Pope Gregory XVI]] declared Father Antonio Margil's virtues heroic, and he is now titled [[The Venerable|Venerable]].<ref name="index">{{cite book |title=Index ac status causarum beatificationis servorum dei et canonizationis beatorum |date=January 1953 |publisher=Typis polyglottis vaticanis |page=24 |language=Latin}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[Spanish missions in Texas]] |
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*{{Catholic|wstitle=Antonio Margil}} The entry cites: |
*{{Catholic|wstitle=Antonio Margil}} The entry cites: |
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**ESPINOSA, Crónica Apóstolica y Seràfica (Mexico, 1746); |
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**VILAPLANA, Vida del V.P. Fr. Antonio Margil (Madrid, 1775); |
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**ARRICIVITA, Crónica Seràfica y Apóstolica (Mexico, 1792); |
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**SOTO-MAYOR, Historia del Apóstolico Colegio de Guadalupe (Zacatecas, 1874); |
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**SHEA, Catholic Church in Colonial Days (New York, 1886). |
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Born | Antonio Margil Ros (1657-08-18)18 August 1657 Valencia, Spain |
Died | 6 August 1726(1726-08-06) (aged 68) Mexico City, Mexico |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Feast | August 8 |
Antonio Margil, OFM (18 August 1657 – 6 August 1726) was a Spanish Franciscan missionary in North and Central America. Based at the College of Santa Cruz in Santiago de Querétaro, after 1715, he worked largely in Texas and Louisiana. Father Margil was declared "Venerable" in 1836.
Antonio Margil was born in Valencia, Spain, on August 18, 1657. Margil entered the Franciscan Order in his native city on 22 April 1673. After his ordination to the priesthood, he volunteered for the Native American missions and arrived at Vera Cruz on 6 June 1683. He was stationed at the missionary College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro, but was generally engaged in reaching missions in Yucatan, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and especially in Guatemala.[1]
He always walked barefooted, without sandals, fasted every day in the year, never used meat or fish, and applied the discipline and other instruments of penance to himself. He slept very little but passed in prayer the greater part of the night, as well as the time allotted for the siesta.[1] On 25 June 1706, Margil was appointed the first guardian of the College of Guadalupe de Zacatecas.
In 1716 he accompanied Domingo Ramón's expedition to East Texas. The expedition began from San Juan Bautista (present-day Guerrero, Coahuila) on April 12, 1716, and was made up of seventy-five members (among them twelve friars, including Isidro de Espinosa, president of the missionaries from the College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro.[2][3] and more than twenty civilians). Margil founded the mission of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe to serve the Nacogdoche.[4] In a 1716 letter to the viceroy of New Spain, Margil was the first to refer to these territories as the province of New Philippines.[5]
Margil returned with Ramon in 1717 and founded Nuestra Señora de los Dolores among the Eyeish.
From the Eyeish, Margil heard of the Adai people, and in March, 1717, located them near Spanish Lake. He founded the mission of San Miguel de Linares,[3] and built there probably the first church in Louisiana.[6] This was just 20 miles (32 km) west of the French fort at Natchitoches, Louisiana.
Leaving Father Gusman in charge, Margil journeyed on foot to Natchitoches to minister to the French Catholics there, and then went back to Texas. He remained near the present city of San Antonio, Texas for more than a year.[1] There he established Mission San José (Texas) to serve the Coahuiltecan.
In 1718, during the brief war with Spain, the French Commandant at Natchitoches, invaded the Adai mission, plundered it, and carried away the church vestments. Margil heard of it, and in 1721 came back, found the Adai who had taken refuge in the forests for fear of the French, and rebuilt their church, which he dedicated to Our Lady of the Pillar, the patroness of the expedition. For many years afterwards the Adai mission was attended from San Antonio by the Franciscans, who attended also the missions of Nacogdoches and St. Augustin, Texas.[6]
In 1722 he was elected guardian of his college; at the close of his office term, he resumed missionary work in Mexico. He died in Mexico City at the Convento Grande de San Francisco.
Margil's cause was formally opened on July 19, 1769, and he was given the title Servant of God. His spiritual writings were approved by theologians on May 4, 1796. In 1836 Pope Gregory XVI declared Father Antonio Margil's virtues heroic, and he is now titled Venerable.[7]
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