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Basilica of San Albino

The brick church on the plaza, a minor basilica since 2008.

San Albino was first built in 1852 of mud and logs, dedicated to Saint Albinus of Angers. It began under Mexican authority and passed to the United States with the Gadsden Purchase. The present brick church dates from the early 1900s, and the Holy See made it a minor basilica in 2008.

Daily Masses are held in Spanish and English.

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Questions people ask

Who is San Albino?

Saint Albinus of Angers, a Breton saint born in Vannes in 469.

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