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Gregório Amúrrio was a Franciscan missionary in California during the late 1700s. He was one of the five original missionaries to Alta California, and the co-founder of Mission San Juan Capistrano.

When was he born and when did he die?

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    You know your researching a tough topic when the only thing that comes up is the question itself. :P
    – Luke_0
    Commented Dec 7, 2012 at 21:35
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    Can you expand the question a little more to include why it is that you believe he is historically significant? Citing the wikipedia page isn't really sufficient imo.
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    Commented Dec 7, 2012 at 23:15

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According to the Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography (p23), he was born at Bastida, Spain in 1744 and died post 1784.

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  • Geiger, the biographer of California Franciscan missionaries, wrote that no record of Amurrio's death has been found.
    – user18968
    Commented Jun 25, 2019 at 3:48

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