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Born | Antonio Margil Ros 18 August 1657 Valencia, Spain |
Died | 6 August 1726 Mexico City, Mexico | (aged 68)
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Feast | August 8 |
Antonio Margil, OFM (18 August 1657 – 6 August 1726) was a Spanish Franciscan missionary in North and Central America. Based at the College of Santa Cruz in Santiago de Querétaro, after 1715, he worked largely in Texas and Louisiana. Father Margil was declared "Venerable" in 1836.