Narcisco Durán, OFM (December 16, 1776, Empúries, Catalonia, Spain – June 4, 1846, Santa Barbara, Alta California, Mexico) was a Franciscan friar and missionary. He arrived in California in 1806 after studying briefly at the missionary College of San Fernando de Mexico. He served at Mission San José until 1833, when he moved to Mission Santa Barbara. A the Mission San José he arrested Jedediah Smith shortly and then released him and have him go to Governor José María de Echeandía in Monterey, California.
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16 December 1776
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Died |
4 June 1846 (aged 69)
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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