Mission Nuestra Señora de la Luz comprises a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholic Dominicans, Jesuits and Franciscans to spread the Christian doctrine among the local Native Americans, but with the added benefit of giving Spain a toehold in the frontier land.
It was named for San Antonio de Padua, the patron saint of the mission's founder, Father Antonio de Olivares as well as the viceroy of New Spain, the Marquis de Valero.
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