Picolo, Francesco Maria, 1658-1729
Variant namesJesuit missionary and explorer.
Born in Palermo, Sicily in 1654, Piccolo arrived in Mexico in 1684. He travelled to Baja California in 1697, where he was one of the earliest missionaries after Father Eusebio Kino. Later he served in the missions of Sonora and Sinoloa. His Informe del estado de la Nueva Cristianidad de California was published in Mexico in 1702.
From the description of Copia de una carta que el P[adre] Francisco María Piccolo misionero de California escribió al P[adre] Juan Manuel de Bassaldua Rector del Colegio de Raum su fecha en Santa Rosalia a 10 de Enero del año de 1717. [ca. 1717] (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 32032469
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| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Picolo, Francesco Maria, 1654-1729. Copia de una carta que el P[adre] Francisco María Piccolo misionero de California escribió al P[adre] Juan Manuel de Bassaldua Rector del Colegio de Raum su fecha en Santa Rosalia a 10 de Enero del año de 1717. | Newberry Library | |
| creatorOf | Pennington, Campbell W.,. Temporalidades, 1664-1765. | University of Arizona Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Bravo, Jaime, 1683-1744. Informe del P. Jaime Bravo sobre la vida y virtudes del P. Francisco María Picolo, ca. 1701. | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
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| associatedWith | Basaldúa, Juan Manuel, 1675-1718. | person |
| associatedWith | Bravo, Jaime, 1683-1744. | person |
| associatedWith | Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Jesuits | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Newberry Library. | corporateBody |
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| Mexico | |||
| Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) | |||
| Mexico--Baja California (Peninsula) | |||
| Santa Rosalía (Baja California Sur, Mexico) |
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| Indians of Mexico |
| Indians of Mexico |
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| Missionaries |
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Birth 1658
Death 1729
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