# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francisco-palou
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:15:54.336Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francisco-palou"
name: "Francisco Palóu"
slug: "francisco-palou"
description: "Francisco Palóu was a Spanish Franciscan missionary, administrator, and historian on the Baja California Peninsula and in Alta California. Palóu made significant contributions to the Alta California and Baja California mission systems. Along with his mentor, Junípero Serra, Palóu worked to build numerous missions throughout Alta and Baja California, many structures of which still stand today. A member of the Franciscan Order, Palóu became \"Presidente\" of the missions in Baja California, and later of missions of Alta California. Palóu's work in the Spanish mission system spans from his early 20s to his death, at the age of 66."
tagline: "Spanish missionary"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1723"
deathDate: "1789"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.12
  momentum:             3.934426229508198
  historical:           8.954609333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Pal%C3%B3u"
    title: "Francisco Palóu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "فرانسيسكو بالو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesc_Palou"
    title: "Francesc Palou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Pal%C3%B3u"
    title: "Francisco Palóu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Palou"
    title: "Francisco Palou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Pal%C3%B3u"
    title: "François Palóu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Palou"
    title: "Francisco Palou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Pal%C3%B3u"
    title: "Francisco Palóu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Palou"
    title: "Francisco Palou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%83%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE"
    title: "Палоу, Франсиско"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2636220"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump