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Ramon Armonjillo
Father Junipero, one of the first priests to work in the New World, is by Latour’s time frequently cited to prove the existence of miracles. On his dangerously long journey to Durango, Mexico, Junipero sought refuge with a poor family—only to realize, later, that he had been fact been hosted by the “Holy Family” themselves (meaning Jesus, Mary, and Joseph).
Father Junipero Quotes in Death Comes for the Archbishop
The Death Comes for the Archbishop quotes below are all either spoken by Father Junipero or refer to Father Junipero. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 9: Chapter 4 Quotes
There is always something charming in the idea of greatness returning to simplicity—the queen making hay among the country girls—but how much more endearing was the belief that They, after so many centuries of history and glory, should return to play Their first parts, in the persons of a humble Mexican family, the lowliest of the lowly, the poorest of the poor,—in a wilderness at the end of the world, where the angels could scarcely find Them!
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Father Junipero Character Timeline in Death Comes for the Archbishop
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Book 9: Chapter 4
...first friars could have survived was through miracles. The most famous of these involves Father Junipero, who had arrived at the See of Durango after a long journey on foot. When...
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...trees, they were sure that there was no house near them. And sure enough, when Junipero returned with the other priests, he found the house was gone. At this, the priests...
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