Juan María de Salvatierra

Juan María de Salvatierra (15 November 1648 – 17 July 1717) was a Catholic missionary.

Quotes about Juan María de Salvatierra

• Salvatierra's memory needs no panegyric. His deeds speak for themselves; and in the light of these, the bitterest enemies of his religion or of his order cannot deny the beauty of his character and the disinterestedness of his devotion to California.
  • Hubert Howe Bancroft, North Mexican States and Texas