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Creation Date
5-22-2026
Description
The Great Cross rises 208 feet above the grounds at Mission Nombre de Dios in St. Augustine. Close to its base is the statue of Father Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales, who said the first Catholic parish Mass in the New World.
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