Memorial to Father Pedro Camps - St Augustine, FL
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N 29° 53.575 W 081° 18.755
17R E 469819 N 3306961
This statue was erected in part to commemorate the United States Bicentennial.
Waymark Code: WM8M2Q
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 04/17/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
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Father Pedro Camps
Born in Mershoal, (?) (?)29
Arrived in Florida (?)68
Sied in St Augustine (?)19, 190(?)
Interred under the main altar of the cathedral
He kept alive the Catholic faith in Florida during the British (?) (?) (?) to 1784
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In memory of
Father Pedro Camps
the spiritual leader of the Minocran Colony
This statue presented to
Most Reverend Paul Tanner Bishop of St Augustine by Fernando Rubio of Minorca
(?)
Xavier Pelliger of St Augustine
April 24, 1975
(?)
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Erected on this site by the descendants of the Minorcan Colonists in recognition of the Bicentennial celebration of the birth of the United States on July 4, 1776

Sculptor Josel Vilanomay
Barcelona, Spain
Address or General Location of Marker: Located in Church Courtyard

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