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Francis of Assisi (born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone; Italian: Francesco d'Assisi; Latin: Franciscus Assisiensis; 1181 or 1182 – 3 October 1226), venerated as Saint Francis of Assisi, also known in his ministry as Francesco, was an Italian Catholic friar, deacon, mystic, and preacher.

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St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral
Spanish Cathedral
Catedral de San Francisco de Asís
Cathédrale de Saint François d'Assise
LocationLaayoune (El Aaiún)
CountryWestern Sahara
Disputed by
SADR
Morocco
DenominationRoman Catholic Church
History
Statuscathedral
Architecture
Architectural typechurch

The St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral[1] (Spanish: Catedral de San Francisco de Asís de El Aaiún; French: Cathédrale de Saint François d'Assise) or just Spanish Cathedral, is a Roman Catholicchurch that serves as the cathedral church of the apostolic prefecture of Western Sahara (Praefectura Apostolica de Sahara Occidentali). It is located in the city of Laayoune (El Aaiún),[2]Western Sahara,[3] a territory that is in dispute between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

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The church was built in 1954, during the Spanish colonial presence in Spanish Sahara with the design of architect Diego Méndez, author of the project of 'Valley of the Fallen' in San Lorenzo de El Escorial in Spain. Today, the cathedral is in the charge of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate and serves the small Spanish community in the city that is still present, as well as serving active personnel of the UN mission in the country.

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  1. ^Spanish Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in El-Aaiún
  2. ^Lendínez, Tomás de la Torre. 'Misas desiertas en el Sahara Occidental'. InfoCatólica. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
  3. ^'Lo que queda de España en el Sahara: la Iglesia, el Casino y el Colegio'. abc (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-05-09.
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