Florida Historical Markers Programs - Marker Detail
MISSION NOMBRE DE DIOS
Location:San Marcos Avenue on grounds of Prince of Peace Ch
County: St. Johns
City: St. Augustine
Description: On this site, September 8, 1565, Pedro Menendez de Aviles landed with a band of settlers to found St. Augustine, first permanent Christian settlement in the United States. Father Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales, Spanish diocesan priest, offered here the first Mass in the Nation's first parish. The Spanish pioneers named this landing site Nombre de Dios-Name of God-and founded here the first mission in the United States.
Sponsors: In Cooperation with St. Johns County Historical Commission
