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Pere Font

1737 – 1781

Roman Catholic priest and missionary

Diarist Missionary Franciscan
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About Pere Font

Lived 1737 – 1781 (aged 43–44). Pere Font was a Spanish diarist, missionary and franciscan.

Pedro Font (Pere Font in Catalan, his native language) (1737–1781) was a Spanish Franciscan missionary and diarist.

Biography

Font was born in 1737 in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. He received his training at Querétaro Missionary College. Font's diary, With Anza to California, gives the principal account of the expedition; in it, Font describes military governor Fernando Rivera y Moncada using force against a neophyte. Font was involved in Rivera's excommunication.

While on the expedition, Font drew one of the first maps of the San Francisco Bay, naming the mountain range now known as the Sierra Nevada He also identified the site for the proposed Mission San Francisco de Asís, which would be established later that year by Junípero Serra and Francisco Palóu. Mission Santa Teresa de Atil, Mission Santa Maria Magdalena, Mission San Pedro y San Pablo del Tubutama and La Purísima Concepción de Caborca, prior to his death at the visita of San Diego del Pitiquito in 1781.

Font Street, in San Francisco's Parkmerced neighborhood, is named for Pedro Font.

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Important facts

Born
1737, Girona
Birth century
Died
1781, Sonora
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Also known as
Pedro Font

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Pere Font?

Roman Catholic priest and missionary

When was Pere Font born?

Pere Font was born in 1737 in Girona.

When did Pere Font die?

Pere Font died in 1781 in Sonora.

What was Pere Font's occupation?

Pere Font was a diarist, missionary and franciscan.

What nationality was Pere Font?

Pere Font was Spanish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Pere Font

· Wikidata: Q21932474

· DBpedia: Pedro Font

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