[17] Diario Historico de los viages de Mar y de tierra hichos al norte
de la California. Ms. Original in Sutro Library.
[18] The league is the Spanish league of 5,000 varas. 2.63 miles.
[19] They also gave it the name of Santa Ana, whose day, July 26th,
they had just observed.
[20] Sometimes called the Grand Pardon of Assisi - the great indulgence
of the Franciscans. Originally granted to St. Francis for the Church of
Our Lady of the Angeles of Porciuncula, it was, by apostolic indult,
expanded to accompany the child of St. Francis wherever he may be. It is
enough for him to erect an altar and that altar will be to him St. Mary
of the Angels, and he will there find the Porciuncula of the
revelations. Whoso confesses and receives the sacrament in the church of
Porciuncula is granted plenary remission of his sins in this world and
the next. This indulgence is only for August 2nd - that is, from the
afternoon of August 1st until sunset of August 2nd.
[21] It is to this incident that the city of Los Angeles owes its name.
The full baptismal name of the city is Nuestra Senora La Reina de los
Angeles - Our Lady the Queen of the Angels. It was founded in 1781, by
royal order, the second pueblo established in California.
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[16] Hence the presidial soldiers were called Soldados de Cuera and so
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