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Late one September evening the name of Miguel Hidalgo became forever engraved in Mexico's history. Since that night, his life as well as Mexico changed radically.
Miguel Hidalgo was born in the Corralejo Hacienda in Pénjamo, Guanajauto on May 8, 1753. His father, Don Cristóbal, was of middle-class of creole background and served as the hacienda's administrator. He was sent to Valladolid to study at the San Nicolás Obispo College, where he later taught theology, philosophy and ethics. In 1792, he was ordained and after working in different parishes, came to practice his ministry at the Parish of Dolores.
Before that historic moment when his voice cried out to demand Mexico's independence from the Spanish crown Padre Hidalgo, Father Hidalgo, was exactly that; an old priest from a parish in the small town of Dolores. It was there that he organized meetings with the townspeople and taught the farmers to work the land.
He was an enthusiastic and hard-working man, always......

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