University of Arizona
Sense of Place
Geos. 195D
San Xavier
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San Xavier del Bac, aka the White Dove of the Desert, is a working Catholic church
south of Tucson in the Tohono O'Odham Indian Reservation. As a mission concept,
San Xavier was founded in the early 1700s by Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino. The
church building itself was begun in the late 1700s and finished in 1797. It is
under constant maintenance.
San Xavier. Photo—Paul Sheppard, 2010.
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Artistry inside San Xavier.
Photo—Jayme Kelter, 2007.
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San Xavier team photo. Photo—Paul Sheppard, 2010.
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San Xavier. Photo—Paul Sheppard, 2009.
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