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Queen of Angels Foundation We are a purely devotional society dedicated to Our Lady of the Angels Patroness and Protectress of Los Angeles El Pueblo de Nuestra Seora de Los Angeles the City of Los Angeles was founded on September 4 1781 in the name of Our Lady of the Angels the Blessed Virgin who had appeared to St. Francis of Assisi over 500 years earlier. On the first birthday of Los Angeles after the central plaza was dedicated with solemn ceremonies a mass was said in honor of Our Lady of the Angels and a grand procession took place invoking Our Ladys protection with salvos of musketry a processional cross banners and candlesticks. In this way the founders of the City and their descendents faced the dangers of the unknown by seeking the aid and protection of Our Lady of the Angels as the Patroness and Protectress of the infant Pueblo.