Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is a former Spanish mission in San Luis Rey, a neighborhood in Oceanside, California. This Mission lent its name to the Luiseño tribe of Mission Indians.
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in July 2022
Antonio Peyrí was the padre in charge of Mission San Luis Rey from 1799 to 1833.
Luiseños refusing to work for Captain Pablo de la Portillà in 1835.
The courtyard of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, with the first Peruvian Pepper Tree (Schinus molle) planted in California in 1830, visible behind the arch.
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Louis IX, also known as Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death in 1270. He is widely recognized as the most distinguished of the Direct Capetians, is the sole king of France to be c
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
…in 1823. The full name of the mission is La Misión de San Luis, Rey de Francia (The Mission of Saint Louis, King of France). It was named for King Louis IX of France. Its nickname is "King of the Missions". It was founded by padre Fermín Lasuén on June 12, 1798, the eighteenth of the twenty-one Spanish missions built…
Contemporary depiction from the Bible of St Louis, c. 1250
San Luis, Rey de Francia (English: Saint Louis, King of France) by Francisco Pacheco
Pope Innocent IV with Louis IX at Cluny
Detail of stained glass window, depicting St. Louis, created by Leopold Lobin