Episode 102
Jean-Baptiste Lamy came over from France to be a missionary in Ohio before being named the first bishop of the new American territory of New Mexico. After his death the novelist Willa Cather based her novel Death Comes for the Archbishop on his life.
More Information
- Jean-Baptiste Lamy, the Apostle of Santa Fe
- Digital History
- Jean Baptiste Lamy – New Mexico History.org
- PressReader.com – Your favorite newspapers and magazines.
- Correspondence course sifting through the writing of Santa Fe’s first archbishop
- A Story Behind a Story: The Ohio Roots of Willa Cather’s Characters
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