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Venerable Antonio Margil de Jestls, O.F.M.: Friar of the Winged Feet, 1657–1726

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2015

Paul V. Murray*
Affiliation:
Mexico City College, Mexico, D. F.

Extract

In these days of speeding ships that cross the ocean in a few days, of streamlined trains and automobiles that rush from city to city in a few hours, of flashing planes that span the continent almost in a matter of minutes, it may seem strange to sketch the life of a man whose reputation for sanctity is matched only by his fame as a long-distance walker, a foot-traveler par excellence.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Academy of American Franciscan History 1951

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References

1 In the title of his book Fray Margil de Jesús: Apóstol de América (Mexico, 1941).

2 Rafael Heliodoro Valle notes the number of crosses in the “prologo” to the Ríos volume. Entitled “Margil, Santo Andariego,” the prologue is unpaginated.

3 Ríos (op. cit.), p. 186.

4 History of Central America. By H. H. Bancroft. 3 vols. (San Francisco, 1883); The North Mexican States. By H. H. Bancroft. 2 vols. (San Francisco, 1884); Our Catholic Heritage in Texas. By Carlos E. Castañeda. 5 vols. (Austin, Texas, 1936-1942); Coahuila y Texas en la Epocha Colonial. By Vito Alessio Robles. (Mexico, 1938).

5 The remainder of this paper is based upon Ríos’ work already cited. We do not believe that further extensive documentation is necessary.