<P> Mission Santa Clara de Asís is a Spanish mission founded by the Franciscan order in the present - day city of Santa Clara , California . The mission , the eighth in California , was founded on January 12 , 1777 and named for Saint Clare of Assisi , the foundress of the order of the Poor Clares . It is the namesake of both the city and county of Santa Clara , as well as Santa Clara University , which was built around the mission . This was the first California mission to be named in honor of a woman and the only one now located on a university campus . </P>
<P> Mission Santa Clara de Asís is a Spanish mission founded by the Franciscan order in the present - day city of Santa Clara , California . The mission , the eighth in California , was founded on January 12 , 1777 and named for Saint Clare of Assisi , the foundress of the order of the Poor Clares . It is the namesake of both the city and county of Santa Clara , as well as Santa Clara University , which was built around the mission . This was the first California mission to be named in honor of a woman and the only one now located on a university campus . </P>
when was the mission santa clara de asis built
when was the mission santa clara de asis built
January 12 , 1777
January 12 , 1777