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Miguel Hidalgo
A priest turned revolutionary, he helped spark the movement that led to Mexico’s independence from Spain. His famous call to rebellion, the Grito de Dolores, made him one of the country’s most enduring national heroes.
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Homecoming
by Miguel Hidalgo
About the author
Born in 1753 in what is now Guanajuato, he studied at the Colegio de San Nicolás in Valladolid and later became its rector. He was ordained as a Catholic priest and eventually served in Dolores, where he became known for his learning and for taking an interest in the lives of ordinary people.
In September 1810, he issued the call remembered as the Grito de Dolores, urging people to rise against Spanish rule. That moment is widely seen as the beginning of the Mexican War of Independence, and although he was captured and executed in 1811, his uprising changed the course of Mexican history.
He is often remembered as the Father of the Nation or the Father of Mexican Independence. His life continues to stand at the center of Mexico’s national story, not only because he led a rebellion, but because he gave it a powerful moral voice.