San Diego
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San Diego is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, next to the Mexican border. It is the eighth-most populous city in the U.S. and second-most populous city in California with a populati
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La Jolla Shores view
Mission San Diego
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Didacus of Alcalá
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Didacus of Alcalá, also known as Diego de San Nicolás, was a Spanish Franciscan lay brother who served among the first group of missionaries to the newly conquered Canary Islands. He died at Alcalá de
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…when Spanish explorer Sebastián Vizcaíno bestowed it upon the area in 1602. He named the bay and the surrounding area "San Diego de Alcalá" in honor of Saint Didacus of Alcalá. Prior to the Spanish establishment of San Diego, the Kumeyaay town was called Kosa'aay, meaning "drying out place" in the Kumeyaay language. After the…
San Diego de Alcalá by Francisco de Zurbarán
The Miracle of Didacus of Alcalá by Bernardo Strozzi
Saint Didacus in Ecstasy Before the Cross by Murillo, 1645–46
San Diego de Alcalá, Miracle of the Roses, Niccolo Betti