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Photographer: Cosmos Mariner
Taken: June 12, 2014
Caption: Saint Mary's Basilica Franciscan Friars Plaque
(located near marker)
Additional Description: Saint Mary's is the oldest Catholic Church in the Valley founded in 1881 and staffed by the Franciscan Friars since 1895. The Basilica sits over the site of the original adobe church. The present church was dedicated in 1915, declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978 and designated a Basilica in 1985 by Pope John Paul II.
Submitted: March 8, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p512428
File Size: 4.872 Megabytes

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