The Georgia Martyrs: Dying for the Sanctity of Marriage
By Daniel B. Gallagher
After two years of preaching the Gospel to the Guale people along the coast of modern-day Georgia, Friar Pedro de Corpa had much to be thankful for. Unlike other missionaries, he didn't need a military escort, for he was welcomed peacefully by the natives. He walked among them barefoot, learned their language, and enjoyed greater success than the Jesuits who had preceded him. The Guale even helped him build two mission settlements known as Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Tolomato and Santa Catalina de Guale.
Among the newly baptized was the presumed heir to the chiefdom…
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