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Hidalgo y Costilla

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Hi·dal·go y Co·stil·la  (-dälg k-styä), Miguel 1753-1811.
Mexican priest and revolutionary. Although the revolt he initiated (1810) against Spanish rule failed, he is regarded as a national hero in Mexico's struggle for independence from Spain.


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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and other Mexican revolutionary heroes and used the image of La Virgen as a source of inspiration in their own political and social battles.
`SYMBOL OF HOPE AND FAITH' VIRGIN MARY HELPS FILL SPIRITUAL, SOCIAL ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
He was rewarded with execution, like his fellow priest and revolutionary Padre Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.
Dear Tio Sam: by Clarke, Kevin / U.S. Catholic
El Grito" commemorates a Mexican tradition dating back to 1810 when Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, in the town of Dolores in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico gave the signal that initiated the successful war for independence against the Spanish colonial government.
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