About Luis Xavier Velarde
Luis Xavier Velarde was a missionary.
Luis Xavier Velarde (1677–1737) was a Jesuit missionary to Mexico.
Biography Velarde was born in Valladolid, Spain on August 25, 1677, and entered the Society of Jesus on April 20, 1697. Around 1703, he traveled to PimerÃa Alta to begin missionary work. By 1708, Velarde was serving at Mission La PurÃsima Concepción de Caborca.
In 1716, Velarde wrote a about his experiences with the Upper Pima. He described their practice of raising scarlet macaws:
Velarde wrote that between 1725 and 1729,
Velarde died on December 2, 1737.
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