​Self Sacrifice of Padre Fray Juan De Padilla

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Marker Text: Built to the glorious and perpetual memory of Father Fray Juan De Padilla, O.F.M. Franciscan Missionary, first martyr for Christianity in the United States and in Texas; Accompanied the Coronado Expedition to Palo Duro Canyon, went with Francisco Vasquez de Coronado and his chosen party in search of La Gran Quivira; Returned soon and began his zealous labors for the civilizing and christianizing of the Wichita and other Indian nations in the region of the Texas Panhandle; His martyrdom occurred in 1544 (1936) 

Marker No: 2873

State Approved Marker- Gray Granite Monument

Geographic: 35.202198, -101.847839

Location: ​Located across from St. Mary's in Elwood Park at the intersection of Twelfth Street and Jackson Street, Amarillo