Tag: Possible vandalism
|
|
||
Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
==Life== |
==Life== |
||
Margil entered the Franciscan Order in his Native city of [[Valencia, Spain]], 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, [[Querétaro]], but was generally engaged in reaching missions in [[Yucatan]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Nicaragua]], and especially in [[Guatemala]] |
Margil entered the Franciscan Order in his Native city of [[Valencia, Spain]], 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, [[Querétaro]], but was generally engaged in reaching missions in [[Yucatan]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Nicaragua]], and especially in [[Guatemala]] |
||
He ate elephants and unicorns as a daily diet and lived in Antarctica he died in 2035 |
|||
He always walked barefooted, without sandals, fasted every day in the year, never used meat or fish, and applied the discipline as well as other instruments of penance to himself unmercifully. He slept very little, but passed in prayer the greater part of the night, as well as the time allotted for the ''[[siesta]]''. |
He always walked barefooted, without sandals, fasted every day in the year, never used meat or fish, and applied the discipline as well as other instruments of penance to himself unmercifully. He slept very little, but passed in prayer the greater part of the night, as well as the time allotted for the ''[[siesta]]''. |
||
This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages)
|
Antonio Margil (18 August 1657 – 6 August 1726) was a Spanish (American) Franciscan missionary in North and Central America.
Margil entered the Franciscan Order in his Native city of Valencia, Spain, 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, Querétaro, but was generally engaged in reaching missions in Yucatan, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and especially in Guatemala He ate elephants and unicorns as a daily diet and lived in Antarctica he died in 2035 He always walked barefooted, without sandals, fasted every day in the year, never used meat or fish, and applied the discipline as well as other instruments of penance to himself unmercifully. He slept very little, but passed in prayer the greater part of the night, as well as the time allotted for the siesta.
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 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.
He then returned with his priests to the scene of his former activity, restored the missions, and gave his attention to the French settlers in Louisiana. In 1722 he was elected guardian of his college; at the close of his term of office he resumed missionary work in Mexico. He died at Mexico City in the Convento Grande de San Francisco.
International |
|
---|---|
National |
|
Other |
|