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  • Mission Santa Barbara

    Mission Santa Barbara

    Mission Santa Barbara, the tenth mission in the California Mission Chain, was founded on the Feast of Saint Barbara, December 4th, 1786 by Father Fermin de Lasuén. The legend holds that, when still a girl, Saint Barbara was beheaded by her father for following the Christian Faith. In 1782, the Spanish Governor Felipe de Neve began…