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San Xavier

San Xavier map

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
San Xavier. Photo—Paul Sheppard, 2010.
San Xavier, inside
Artistry inside San Xavier.
Photo—Jayme Kelter, 2007.
San Xavier
Inside San Xavier. Photo—Gaizka Urreiztieta, 2011.
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San Xavier. Photo—Paul Sheppard, 2009.
San Xavier
San Xavier team photo. Photo—Paul Sheppard, 2011.
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