Note: Franciscan priests founded a series of missions in Florida after 1573, mainly along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
“The seal would have been rare even for its time, being perhaps one among only a small handful of such official mission convent seals in the province of Santa Elena de la Florida” - John Worth, Anthropologist University of West Florida
At the dawn of the 18th century, British soldiers and their Native American allies from the Carolina colony descended on Florida determined to eradicate the Spanish presence. The raiders destroyed several Franciscan missions including Santa Catalina de Guale on present-day Amelia Island.
Read more at: The Miami Herald
More information on the Franciscan Missions in Florida may be found at the Faculty Homepage of John Worth at http://www.uwf.edu/jworth/spanfla_friars.htm
More information on the Franciscan Missions in Florida may be found at the Faculty Homepage of John Worth at http://www.uwf.edu/jworth/spanfla_friars.htm
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