Daniel Angelo Marras
Daniel Angelo Marras was a Jesuit missionary in New Spain.
Biographies
[edit]Marras was born in Cagliari, Sardinia.[1]
In 1656, Marras was assigned to Mission San José de Mátape, where he founded a school for the religious education of native converts.[2] Over the course of his tenure, Marras made Mátape into a commercial hotspot,[3] and established cattle ranching in Sonora.[4] Marras was also heavily involved in mining operations in Mátape, despite Jesuit rules forbidding such involvement. Under his management, two mines were established, manned by African slaves, and a refinery was founded to process the resulting ore.[2]
As of 1685, Marras was vice provincial of the Jesuits in New Spain.[4] He died in Mexico in 1689.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Schiavo, Giovanni Ermenegildo (1975). Italian-American History. Arno Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-405-06429-6.
- ^ a b Yetman, David (15 November 2010). The Ópatas: In Search of a Sonoran People. University of Arizona Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-8165-2897-4.
- ^ Yetman, David (1 November 2012). Conflict in Colonial Sonora: Indians, Priests, and Settlers. UNM Press. ISBN 978-0-8263-5222-4.
- ^ a b Sheridan, Thomas E.; Polzer, Charles W. (1986). The Presidio and Militia on the Northern Frontier of New Spain: pt. 1. The Californias and Sinaloa-Sonora, 1700-1765. University of Arizona Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-8165-1692-6.
- ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1883). History of the Pacific States of North America: North American states. 1883. A.L. Bancroft. p. 246. Retrieved 6 May 2024.