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Jesuit missionary in New Spain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Franz Hermann Glandorf was a Jesuit missionary to New Spain.
Glandorf was born in Osnabrück, Germany on October 28, 1689.[1][2] Upon arriving in Mexico, he spent some time at Mission Nombre de Jesús Carichí, where he learned the Tarahumara language from fellow Jesuit missionary Joseph Neumann.[1] He was then assigned to Mission Purísima Concepción de Tomochi, where he served as a missionary to the Tarahumara for more than forty years.[1][3]
Glandorf, who was afraid of horses and unable to ride due to a hernia, traveled through New Spain exclusively on foot.[1] His shoes, along with his ossuary, have been preserved as relics by later Jesuits.[3]
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