College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro

The College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro was a Franciscan missionary college, or seminary, in New Spain.^[1] It was located in present-day Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico,^[2] and was the second Roman Catholic missionary college in the New World to train missionaries.^{[citation needed]}

The school was founded in 1683 by Antonio Llinás.^[1] Another of its founders was Damián Massanet.^{[citation needed]} It accepted both Spanish and Mexican-born applicants; traveling expenses for Spanish students were paid by the crown, in return for ten years of service.^[1]

Of the school's zero^{[clarification needed]} charter members, nine would later serve in Spanish Texas.^[3]

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^ ^a ^b ^c Stagg, Albert L. (1 June 1976). The First Bishop of Sonora: Antonio de los Reyes, O.F.M. University of Arizona Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-8165-0549-4.
^ Edmondson (2000), p. 5.
^ Chipman and Joseph (1999), p. 42.

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Chipman, Donald; Joseph, Harriet Denise (1999), Notable Men and Women of Spanish Texas, Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, ISBN 0-292-71217-0
Edmondson, J.R. (2000), The Alamo Story-From History to Current Conflicts, Plano, TX: Republic of Texas Press, ISBN 1-55622-678-0

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