Skyler Rae Baker:Other missions bearing the name Santa Cruz include the Mission Santa Cruz de San Sabá
and the Mission San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz in Texas,
along with four separate outposts located throughout the State of Florida.
Mission Santa Cruz was consecrated on August 29, 1791 and named for the "Celebration of the Sacred Cross," the name that the explorer Gaspar de Portolà had given to the area when he camped on the banks of the San Lore...
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