Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino (1645-1711) - Tucson, AZ
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N 32° 12.925 W 110° 56.782
12S E 505054 N 3564314
Statue of Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino (1645-1711) located at the intersection of 15th Street and Kino Avenue in Tucson.
Waymark Code: WM3PH4
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 04/29/2008
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This statue was dedicated in 1988 to honor Father Eusebio Francisco Kino. Padre Kino was born in Segno, Trentino, Italy in 1645. In 1689 he traveled to the Americas as a Jesuit Missionary serving the Pimería Alta region (modern day Sonora, Mexico and southern Arizona, USA). Prior to his death, Padre Kino had traveled extensively throughout the Pimería Alta where he established 17 missions. Likely, the most notable of these in the Tucson area is
Mission San Xavier del Bac located south of Tucson. Padre Kino died in Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, Mexico in 1711. He was interred here and his crypt is a primary attraction in Magdalena.
There are three copies of this statue located around the world. The Tucson, Arizona, USA statue listed in this waypoint is one. There is another in Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, Mexico where Kino died. And finally a third statue is located in Segno, Trentino, Italia where he was born.
Much more information about Father Kino
can be found here.