MISSION NOMBRE DE DIOS - Florida Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

On this site, September 8, 1565, Pedro Menendez de Aviles landed with a band of settlers to found St. Augustine, first permanent Christian settlement in the United States. Father Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales, Spanish diocesan Priest, offered here the first Mass in the Nation's first parish. The Spanish pioneers named this landing site Nombre de Dios - name of God - and founded here the first Mission in the United States.

Marker Number: F-111 Date: 1963 County: St Johns Marker Type: Roadside Sponsored or placed by: ST. JOHNS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION IN COOPERATION WITH FLORIDA BOARD OF PARKS AND HISTORICAL MEMORIALS Website: Not listed

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