Magin Catalá (Montblanc

Montblanc, Tarragona

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, 1761 - Santa Clara, California

Santa Clara, California

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, 1830)) was a Catholic

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 missionary

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.

Català was born in Montblanc, Catalonia

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, Spain

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. In 1777 he joined the Franciscan Order in Barcelona

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, and was ordained in 1785. He arrived in the City of Mexico

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 in 1786, and entered the missionary college of San Fernando there. For thirty-six years he labored with Father

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 Jose Viader at the Santa Clara Indian mission. He became renowned for his miracles and prophecies. The figure of a crucifix

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 in Mission Santa Clara de Asís

Mission Santa Clara de Asís

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 is said to have leaned forward to commend him when preaching. The cause of his beatification

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 was introduced in 1884.

Català died in Santa Clara, California

Santa Clara, California

Santa Clara , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city is the site of the eighth of 21 California missions, Mission Santa Clara de Asís, and was named after the mission. The Mission and Mission Gardens are located on the...

, 1830.