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Franciscan Cloister

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In this church are hung two old pictures, portraits of two of the first priests who attempted to convert these indians and were killed by them. The [[strikethrough]] pict [[/strikethrough]] portraits have a broad background on which are represented various episodes of their work among the indians with their death all in the crudest style, but recall this fascinating story of the early conquerors.

Joining on this church as a long extension at one side are the old Cloisters of the Franciscan monks who owned the place before the drums of the revolutionists beat the funeral march of all such organizations in Mexico.

The law also steps in to prohibit the passage of religious processions through the public streets thus depriving the church of half its display. I attended service held to honor the raising of the corpus which was once carried through the streets & every knee was bent be if of believer or unbeliever. This day it was carried around inside the walls of the Cloister patio through a dense