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Does anyone know more about the New Mexico diocese when it first began? The dates and time period are probably accurate, but what about Father Latour?

LadyCalico I enjoyed reading the Wikipedia pages on Jean-Baptiste Lamy and Joseph Projectus Machebeuf, on whose lives this book was based. In reality Machebeuf (…moreI enjoyed reading the Wikipedia pages on Jean-Baptiste Lamy and Joseph Projectus Machebeuf, on whose lives this book was based. In reality Machebeuf (Vaillant) outlived Lamy by a year, and personally I didn't think he was all that ugly. It is worthwhile googling both St. Francis Cathedral of Santa Fe and Loretto Chapel, the other church Lamy had built, and click images to enjoy some beautiful photos and art.(less)

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So what was hidden in the cave that Jacinto and Letour shelter in during the blizzard? Why did the cave smell bad?

Natalie Votipka I took the smell and generally foreboding aura as an indication of the pagan rituals that Jacinto's people conducted there. Latour's instinctual revul…moreI took the smell and generally foreboding aura as an indication of the pagan rituals that Jacinto's people conducted there. Latour's instinctual revulsion was to the evil (certainly contrary to the good and holy from a Catholic perspective) spiritual reality of the place.(less)

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qoutes from book 7?

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