Fray eusebio kino biography
- Eusebio Francisco Kino, SJ (Italian: Eusebio Francesco Chini, Spanish: Eusebio Francisco Kino; 10 August 1645 – 15 March 1711), often referred to as Father Kino, was an.
- This re-issued biography recounts [Kino's] work with loving detail and with an accuracy that has survived slight amendments.
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Fr. Eusebio Kino's Visits to the San Pedro River (1692, 1695, 1697): The Eastern Sobaipuri and their Fate
Sources: Bolton, Herbert, 1919, Kino's Historical Memoir of Pimeria Alta, Vol. I, Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark; Manje, Captain Juan Mateo, 1954, Luz De Tierra Incognita, English translation of part II by Harry J. Karns & Associates, Tucson: Arizona Silhouettes; Bernal, Lieutenant Cristobal Martin, 1966, "Diary of Lieutenant Cristobal Martin Bernal", In Fay Jackson Smith, John L. Kessell, & Francis J. Fox, S.J., Father Kino in Arizona, Phoenix: Arizona Historical Foundation, pp. 35-50; various articles by Deni J. Seymour.
Above left, a detail of the map of some San Pedro River settlements, based upon these visits, dating to 1701-2. At the left-hand portion of the map, Santa Cruz River settlements are listed; at right, those of the San Pedro River. (Click on the image to enlarge it.) See also Early Historic Maps for some more early versions of the scene.
For our own contemporary orientation, we provide this essential reference map:
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Eusebio Kino
German-Italian Jesuit missionary (1645–1711)
Eusebio Francisco Kino, SJ (Italian: Eusebio Francesco Chini, Spanish: Eusebio Francisco Kino; 10 August 1645 – 15 March 1711), often referred to as Father Kino, was an Italian Jesuit, missionary, geographer, explorer, cartographer, mathematician and astronomer born in the Bishopric of Trent, Holy Roman Empire.
For the last 24 years of his life he worked in the region then known as the Pimería Alta, modern-day Sonora in Mexico and southern Arizona in the United States. He explored the region and worked with the indigenous Native American population, including primarily the Tohono O'Odham, Sobaipuri and other Upper Piman groups. He proved that the Baja California Territory was not an island but a peninsula by leading an overland expedition there. By the time of his death he had established 24 missions and visitas (country chapels or visiting stations).[1]
Early life
Kino was born Eusebio Chini[1] (the spelling Kino was the version for use in Spanish-speaking domains) in the villa
Eusebio Kino
German-Italian Jesuit missionary (1645–1711)
Eusebio Francisco Kino, SJ (Italian: Eusebio Francesco Chini, Spanish: Eusebio Francisco Kino; 10 August 1645 – 15 March 1711), often referred to as Father Kino, was an Italian Jesuit, missionary, geographer, explorer, cartographer, mathematician and astronomer born in the Bishopric of Trent, Holy Roman Empire.
For the last 24 years of his life he worked in the region then known as the Pimería Alta, modern-day Sonora in Mexico and southern Arizona in the United States. He explored the region and worked with the indigenous Native American population, including primarily the Tohono O'Odham, Sobaipuri and other Upper Piman groups. He proved that the Baja California Territory was not an island but a peninsula by leading an overland expedition there. By the time of his death he had established 24 missions and visitas (country chapels or visiting stations).[1]
Early life
Kino was born Eusebio Chini[1] (the spelling Kino was the version for use in Spanish-speaking domains) in the villa
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